Shloka 181
Cosmic Time, Cycles of Creation and Dissolution, and the Varāha Uplift of Earth
यज्ञस्य दक्षिणायां तु पुत्रा द्वादश जज्ञिरे । यामा इति समाख्याता देवाः स्वायंभुवे मनौ
yajñasya dakṣiṇāyāṃ tu putrā dvādaśa jajñire | yāmā iti samākhyātā devāḥ svāyaṃbhuve manau
ယဇ္ဉ၏ ဇနီး ဒက္ခိဏာမှ သားတော် ဆယ့်နှစ်ပါး မွေးဖွားလာ၏။ စွာယံဘူဝ မနု၏ ယုဂ်ကာလ၌ သူတို့ကို “ယာမာ” ဟူသော ဒေဝတားများဟု ခေါ်ကြ၏။
Narrator (Purāṇic narrator; specific dialogue speaker not stated in the provided excerpt)
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Type: celestial_realm
Sandhi Resolution Notes: No major sandhi beyond internal phonetics; 'स्वायंभुवे मनौ' is a locative time expression ('in Svāyambhuva Manu').
FAQs
The Yāmas are a named group/class of deities (devāḥ) described here as the twelve sons born from Dakṣiṇā and associated with the Svāyambhuva Manu manvantara.
It places the genealogy within a specific cosmic era (manvantara), indicating that these deities are identified particularly in the period ruled by the first Manu, Svāyambhuva.
It reflects a Purāṇic theme where sacrificial principles are personified: Yajña (sacrifice) and Dakṣiṇā (the sacrificial gift/fee) together generate divine orders, linking cosmic creation and social-ritual order.