Shloka 40

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

तथा किंनरगन्धर्वान् अरिष्टाजनयद्बहून् तृणवृक्षलतागुल्मम् इला सर्वमजीजनत्

Transliteration

tathā kiṃnaragandharvān ariṣṭājanayadbahūn tṛṇavṛkṣalatāgulmam ilā sarvamajījanat

Translation

Demikian juga, Ariṣṭā melahirkan ramai Kiṃnara dan Gandharva; dan Ilā menumbuhkan segala tumbuh-tumbuhan—rumput, pokok, menjalar, dan semak—lalu memenuhi dunia dengan rupa berjasad menurut tertib kosmik Tuhan Yang Mahaesa.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise

• किंनरगन्धर्वान्: Kiṃnaras and Gandharvas (celestial beings)

• अरिष्टा: Ariṣṭā (a progenitress/creative power)

• जनयत्: produced, gave birth to

• बहून्: many

• तृण: grasses

• वृक्ष: trees

• लता: creepers, vines

• गुल्मम्: shrubs, bushes

• इला: Ilā (earth/progenitress principle)

• सर्वम्: all

• अजीजनत्: generated, created

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Srishti account to the sages at Naimisharanya)