Shloka 107

Pracetās, Māriṣā, Dakṣa’s Re-manifestation, and the Brahma-parastava; Cyclic Creation and Genealogies

Devanagari script

भानोस् तु भानवस् तत्र मुहूर्ताया मुहूर्तजाः लम्बायाश् चैव घोषो ऽथ नागवीथी तु जामिजा

Transliteration

bhānos tu bhānavas tatra muhūrtāyā muhūrtajāḥ lambāyāś caiva ghoṣo 'tha nāgavīthī tu jāmijā

Translation

Daripada Bhānu lahir para Bhānavas; daripada Muhūrtā muncul para Muhūrtajas. Daripada Lambā lahir Ghoṣa; dan daripada Jāmī lahir Nāgavīthī—demikianlah salasilah yang terkait dengan tertib waktu yang ditetapkan oleh Surya dinyatakan.

Word by Word

• भानोः: from Bhānu
• भानोः: Apadana/Source (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• तु: but/indeed
• तु: Discourse/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• भानवः: the Bhānus
• भानवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन

• तत्र: there
• तत्र: Adverbial (देश/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, देशवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (locative adverb)

• मुहूर्तायाः: from Muhūrtā
• मुहूर्तायाः: Apadana/Source (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुहूर्ता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• मुहूर्तजाः: born of Muhūrtā
• मुहूर्तजाः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मुहूर्त + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (मुहूर्तात् जाताः)

• लम्बायाः: from Lambā
• लम्बायाः: Apadana/Source (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लम्बा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• एव: indeed/just
• एव: Discourse/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अवधारणार्थक निपात (emphatic particle)

• घोषः: Ghoṣa
• घोषः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: घोष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अथ: then/next
• अथ: Discourse/Sequencer (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ (अव्यय)
• Form: अनन्तरार्थक अव्यय (sequencing particle)

• नागवीथी: Nāgavīthī
• नागवीथी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नाग + वीथी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (नागानां वीथी)

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Discourse/Particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• जामिजा: born of Jāmi
• जामिजा: Predicate/Qualifier (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जामि + ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (जामेः जाताः/जामेः जा)

Speaker

Sage Parāśara (speaking to Maitreya)

Parashara-Maitreya Dialogue

Speaker: Parasara

Topic: Emanation of solar/time-related divine lineages and attendants

Teaching: Cosmological

Quality: authoritative

Cosmological Context

Creation Stage: Secondary

Cosmic Hierarchy: Lokas

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Time (muhūrta and its deities) and solar powers are personified as ordered emanations within the cosmic administration.

Vedantic Theme: Dharma

Application: Use awareness of time’s sacred structure to discipline daily practice (sandhyā, japa) and align life with ṛta/dharma.

Vishishtadvaita: Cosmic functions like time and light are real attributes serving the Lord’s purposeful order, not independent absolutes.

Vaishnava Theology

Vishnu Form: Narayana

Jagat Karana: Yes

Characters & Entities

• Bhanu (Sun)
• Bhanavas
• Muhurta
• Muhurtajas
• Lamba
• Ghosha
• Jami
• Nagavithi

FAQs

What is the significance of Muhūrta in the Vishnu Purana?

This verse treats Muhūrta as a personified measure of time with progeny, highlighting that temporal order is structured, sacred, and woven into cosmic administration.

How does Sage Parāśara explain cosmic order through genealogies here?

Parāśara lists named lineages (Bhānavas, Muhūrtajas, etc.) to show that even time-units and solar functions are expressed as orderly successions—an intelligible hierarchy rather than randomness.

What is Lord Vishnu’s theological importance in this context of time and the Sun?

Though Vishnu is not named in the verse, the Purāṇic framework implies that the Sun and time-measures operate as instruments within Vishnu’s sovereignty, with kāla and celestial order ultimately resting in the Supreme.