Shloka 62
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
ततस्ताः पर्यग्वह्णन्त नदीक्षेत्राणि पर्वतान् ।
वृक्षगुल्मौषधीश्चैवमात्मन्यायाद्यथाबलम् ॥
tatas tāḥ paryagvahṇanta nadī-kṣetrāṇi parvatān /
vṛkṣa-gulmauṣadhīś caivam ātmanyāyād yathābalam //
Kemudian mereka mula merampas sungai-sungai, ladang-ladang dan gunung-ganang yang patut, demikian juga pohon-pohon, semak dan herba—masing-masing menuntutnya sebagai “milikku” menurut kekuatan mereka.
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FAQs
The birth of possessiveness (‘mine-ness’) is portrayed as the root of conflict and depletion. Power-based claiming replaces harmony, implying the need for dharmic restraint and just allocation.
Poṣaṇa and Manvantara/Yuga narrative: it explains how society and resource-use patterns emerge and degrade within time-cycles.
Rivers/fields/mountains symbolize inner faculties and supports; ‘seizing’ them indicates egoic appropriation of prakṛti, which leads to the ‘withering’ of inner nourishment (next verses).