Shloka 39
Adhyaya 50 — Mind-Born Progeny, Svayambhuva Manu’s Lineage, and Brahmā’s Ordinance to Duḥsaha (Alakṣmī’s Retinue)
स सर्वान् खादितुं सृष्टो ब्रह्मणा तमसो निधिः ।
दंष्ट्राकरालमत्यर्थं विवृतास्यं सुभैरवम् ॥
sa sarvān khādituṃ sṛṣṭo brahmaṇā tamaso nidhiḥ | daṃṣṭrākarālamatyarthaṃ vivṛtāsyaṃ subhairavam ||
तो ब्रह्म्याने सर्वांना भक्षण करण्यासाठी निर्माण केला होता—जणू तमाचा साठा. भयानक दातांचा, तोंड मोठे उघडे ठेवलेला, तो अत्यंत भीषण व दारुण होता.
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FAQs
The text frames destructive appetite as an instrument under cosmic order: even ‘devouring’ forces are created with a purpose. Ethically, it cautions that unchecked craving becomes all-consuming and dehumanizing.
A didactic micro-sarga (creation of a specific being) used to teach dharma and the management of guṇas; not a genealogical (vaṃśa) or manvantara passage.
‘Storehouse of tamas’ suggests a psychic archetype: when tamas accumulates, it manifests as devouring compulsion. The gaping mouth signifies insatiability—desire that cannot be filled by objects.