Shloka 5
अव्यक्त-प्रबोधः (Awakening to the Unmanifest): The 25th and 26th Principles and Eligibility for Brahma-vidyā
वक्त्राद् भुजाभ्यामूरुभ्यां पदभ्यां चैवाथ जज्षिरे | सृजतः प्रजापतेलॉकानिति धर्मविदो विदु:
vaktrād bhujābhyām ūrubhyāṁ padbhyāṁ caivātha jajñire | sṛjataḥ prajāpate lokān iti dharmavido viduḥ ||
ਪਰਾਸ਼ਰ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ— ਧਰਮ ਦੇ ਜਾਣਕਾਰ ਜਾਣਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਜਦੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਜਾਪਤੀ ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਲੋਕਾਂ ਦੀ ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਕਰਨ ਲੱਗੇ, ਤਦੋਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੇ ਮੁਖ, ਭੁਜਾਵਾਂ, ਊਰੂਆਂ ਅਤੇ ਪੈਰਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਜਾ ਜਨਮੀ।
पराशर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents social differentiation (linked to mouth, arms, thighs, and feet) as arising from a sacred act of creation by Prajāpati, implying that duties and roles should be aligned with dharma and cosmic order rather than driven by domination or arbitrariness.
Parāśara is explaining a traditional dharma-based account of creation: when Prajāpati created the worlds, beings associated with different bodily sources (mouth, arms, thighs, feet) came into manifestation, a framework often used to discuss the ethical basis of social functions.