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Shloka 8

Adhyaya 48The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation

उत्ससर्ज च भूतेशस्तनुं तामप्यसौ विभुः ।

सा चापविद्धा दिवसṃ सत्त्वप्रायमजायत ॥

utsasarja ca bhūteśas tanuṃ tām apy asau vibhuḥ |

sā cāpaviddhā divasaṃ sattvaprāyam ajāyata ||

Tuhan yang perkasa bagi segala makhluk itu juga menanggalkan tubuh tersebut. Apabila ia dibuang, terjadilah “Siang”, yang didominasi oleh sattva.

उत्ससर्जsent forth/released
उत्ससर्ज:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√sṛj (धातु)
FormLaṅ lakāra (लङ्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; parasmaipada
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
भूतेशःlord of beings
भूतेशः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta-īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa ‘bhūtānām īśaḥ’
तनुम्body/form
तनुम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana
ताम्that
ताम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; sarvanāma; refers to ‘tanu’
अपिalso
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootapi (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; particle (निपात) ‘also/even’
असौthat one/he
असौ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootadas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
विभुःthe mighty one
विभुः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana
साshe/that (form)
सा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; refers to ‘tanu’
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction
अपविद्धाcast off
अपविद्धा:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeVerb
Rootapa-√vidh (धातु)
FormKta (क्त) past passive participle; Strīliṅga, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; ‘cast away’
दिवसम्day/daytime
दिवसम्:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootdivasa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Dvitīyā (2nd), Ekavacana; adverbial accusative (कालाधिकरण) ‘for a day/during daytime’
सत्त्व-प्रायम्predominantly sattva
सत्त्व-प्रायम्:
Kartṛ-samānādhikaraṇa (कर्तृसमानाधिकरण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsattva (प्रातिपदिक) + prāya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNapुंसकलिङ्ग, Prathamā (1st), Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘sattva-prāyam’ = ‘mostly sattva’; predicate adjective of ‘sā’
अजायतwas born/became
अजायत:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√jan (धातु)
FormLaṅ lakāra (लङ्), Prathama puruṣa (3rd), Ekavacana; ātmanepada
Mārkaṇḍeya speaking

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Prajāpati (Brahmā)
CosmologyOrigin of day/night cycleSattvaGuṇas

FAQs

Day is associated with sattva—visibility, activity aligned with clarity, and the conditions for knowledge and dharmic action.

Sarga: creation includes not only beings but also the cosmic-temporal environment in which they function.

The alternation of discarded bodies into day/night suggests cyclic veiling and unveiling—tamas and sattva as cosmic ‘moods’ structuring experience.