Shloka 21

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

Sanskrit

तान् दृष्ट्वा ह्यप्रियेनास्य केशाः शीर्यन्त वेधसः ।

समारोहणहीनाश्च शिरसो ब्रह्मणस्तु ते ॥

Transliteration

tān dṛṣṭvā hy apriyeṇāsya keśāḥ śīryanta vedhasaḥ / samārohaṇa-hīnāś ca śiraso brahmaṇas tu te

Translation

ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ଦେଖି ସ୍ରଷ୍ଟା ବେଧସଙ୍କ ମନେ ଅସନ୍ତୋଷ ଜନ୍ମିଲା ଏବଂ ତାଙ୍କ କେଶ ଝଡ଼ି ପଡ଼ିଲା; ଏହିପରି ବ୍ରହ୍ମାଙ୍କ ସେଇ ଶିରଗୁଡ଼ିକ କେଶହୀନ (ମୁଣ୍ଡ) ହେଲା।

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), धातु: दृश् (to see), अर्थ: having seen

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/causal), अव्यय

• अप्रियेन: by the unpleasant (sight)
• अप्रियेन: Karana (करण/Instrument-Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कारण/निमित्तार्थे

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• केशाः: hairs
• केशाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• शीर्यन्ते: fall off
• शीर्यन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु: शॄ/शीर् (to fall off/decay)

• वेधसः: of the Creator (Brahmā)
• वेधसः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः पर्याय

• समारोहण-हीनाः: lacking the means of ascent (standing on end)
• समारोहण-हीनाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समारोहण (प्रातिपदिक) + हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: समारोहणस्य हीनाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; केशाः इति विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction), अव्यय

• शिरसः: of the head
• शिरसः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Contrast (निपात/Contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis), अव्यय

• ते: those (hairs)
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; केशाः इति समानाधिकरण

Speakers

• Narrative voice

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bibhatsa", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Brahmā (Vedhas)

Key Themes

• Sarga
• Etiological imagery
• Tamas-born beings and creator’s reaction
• Mythic physiology

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The creator’s ‘displeasure’ dramatizes cosmic disapproval of devouring, violent impulses; it also implies that disharmony rebounds even upon the source as a disturbance in order.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Sarga: continuation of the origin-account with etiological detail explaining a feature/condition via mythic causation.

What is the esoteric significance?

Hair-shedding can symbolize loss of ‘covering’ or stability when confronted with tamasic outgrowths—an image of how ignorance-generated forces destabilize the creative/intelligent principle until re-ordered.