Shloka 35

सत्य–अनृत, प्रकाश–तमस्, स्वर्ग–नरक विवेचनम्

Truth and Untruth as Light and Darkness; Svarga and Naraka as Ethical Consequences

Devanagari script

ततः पुष्करत: सृष्ट: सर्वज्ञो मूर्तिमान्‌ प्रभु: ब्रह्मा धर्ममय: पूर्व: प्रजापतिरनुत्तम:

Transliteration

tataḥ puṣkarataḥ sṛṣṭaḥ sarvajño mūrtimān prabhuḥ | brahmā dharmamayaḥ pūrvaḥ prajāpatir anuttamaḥ ||

Translation

ਫਿਰ ਉਸ ਕਮਲ ਤੋਂ ਸਰਵਜ੍ਞ, ਮੂਰਤਿਮਾਨ, ਪ੍ਰਭਾਵਸ਼ਾਲੀ ਪ੍ਰਭੂ—ਧਰਮਮਯ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ—ਪ੍ਰਗਟ ਹੋਏ; ਉਹੀ ਪਹਿਲੇ ਅਤੇ ਅਨੁੱਤਮ ਪ੍ਰਜਾਪਤੀ ਹਨ।

Word by Word

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात् अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable)

• पुष्करात्: from the lotus
• पुष्करात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुष्कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सृष्टः: created; brought forth
• सृष्टः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सृज् (धातु) → सृष्ट (क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सर्वज्ञः: all-knowing
• सर्वज्ञः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्वज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• मूर्तिमान्: embodied; having form
• मूर्तिमान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मूर्ति + मत् (प्रातिपदिक: मूर्तिमत्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रभुः: the Lord; master
• प्रभुः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक; विशेष-रूप: ब्रह्मा)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• धर्ममयः: consisting of dharma; full of righteousness
• धर्ममयः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धर्ममय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• पूर्वः: the first; former
• पूर्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रजापतिः: Prajāpati; lord of creatures
• प्रजापतिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजापति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• अनुत्तमः: unsurpassed; supreme
• अनुत्तमः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनुत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Puṣkara (lotus)
• Brahmā
• Prajāpati

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creation is presented as arising from and being governed by dharma: Brahmā, the primordial progenitor, is described as dharmamaya—embodying righteous order—implying that ethical and cosmic order are foundational to the world’s origin and governance.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bharadvāja describes the manifestation of Brahmā: from the lotus (puṣkara) emerges the omniscient, embodied Lord Brahmā, identified as the first and unsurpassed Prajāpati, establishing the beginning of progeny and ordered creation.