Shloka 11
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
ततः क्षितिं समीक्ष्य पृथिव्यां सोऽसृजद् गिरिन् ।
प्राक् सर्गे दह्यमाने तु तदा संवर्तकाग्निना ॥
tataḥ kṣitiṃ samīkṛtya pṛthivyāṃ so 'sṛjad girīn /
prāk sarge dahyamāne tu tadā saṃvartakāgninā
Kemudian Dia meratakan tanah dan mencipta gunung-ganang di atas bumi—sedangkan dalam ciptaan terdahulu, gunung-gunung itu telah dibakar oleh api pralaya (peleraian) pada waktu itu.
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FAQs
The text emphasizes cyclicality: forms perish in saṃvarta and reappear in pratisarga; this supports a worldview of impermanence of structures yet continuity of cosmic law.
Pratisarga: reconstruction of terrestrial features (girayaḥ) after pralaya is a classic re-creation element.
Mountains represent fixed ‘granthi’-like structures (stabilities) arising after the leveling of undifferentiated terrain—symbolic of differentiation after dissolution.