Shloka 102
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
ततः स जनयामास भूतग्रामं च वीर्यवान् । तस्य तत् तेजसस्तस्माज्जज्ञे लोकेषु तैजसम्
tataḥ sa janayāmāsa bhūtagrāmaṃ ca vīryavān | tasya tat tejasas tasmāj jajñe lokeṣu taijasam ||
Kemudian yang perkasa itu melahirkan himpunan makhluk. Daripada sinar dayanya sendiri, terbitlah dalam segala alam ciptaan ‘taijasa’—bentuk-bentuk hidup yang ditandai oleh kegiatan bertenaga dan gerak—menunjukkan bagaimana kosmos berkembang melalui kuasa-kuasa yang berbeza dalam satu sumber yang tunggal.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation is presented as an ordered emergence of diverse beings from a single potent source, with distinct modes (such as the taijasa, activity-energized mode) arising from differentiated aspects of that source’s tejas—linking cosmology with the guṇa-based understanding of nature.
Vasiṣṭha describes a stage of cosmic generation: the powerful creator brings forth the collective of beings, and from his radiance arises the taijasa class within the worlds—associated with energetic, mobile, activity-dominant life.