Shloka 25
Adhyaya 56 — The Descent and Fourfold Course of the Ganga; Jambudvipa’s Varshas and Their Conditions
अपां शौक्ष्म्याच्च तोयोत्था ध्यानोपेता च मानसī ।
उपासनादिकार्यात्तु धर्मजा साप्युदाहृता ॥
apāṃ śaukṣmyāc ca toyotthā dhyānopetā ca mānasī / upāsanādikāryāt tu dharmajā sāpy udāhṛtā
Kerana kehalusan air, (pencapaian itu) disebut ‘lahir daripada air’ (toyotthā); dan yang disertai meditasi ialah ‘mental’ (mānasī). Tetapi yang timbul daripada perbuatan seperti pemujaan juga dikatakan ‘lahir daripada dharma’ (dharmajā).
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FAQs
The verse ranks inner discipline (dhyāna) and devotional practice (upāsanā) as causal principles of attainment, presenting a Purāṇic synthesis where both contemplative and ritual paths generate results.
Though embedded in geography, it touches dharma-pravṛtti; still, its primary function here is descriptive cosmology within 'Sarga' (world-order) rather than prescriptive dharma-śāstra.
‘Water-subtlety’ evokes the subtle body’s fluidity (prāṇa/rasas), while ‘mind-born’ points to dhyāna as a creative matrix; ‘dharma-born’ indicates that intentional alignment with ṛta/dharma shapes one’s experiential world.