Shloka 13

Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation

Sanskrit

निषक्ता यत्र यत्रासंस्तत्र तत्राचलाभवन् ।

भूविभागं ततः कृत्वा सप्तद्वीपोपशोभितम् ॥

Transliteration

niṣaktā yatra yatrāsaṃs tatra tatrācalābhavan /

bhūvibhāgaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā saptadvīpopaśobhitam

Translation

ਜਿੱਥੇ-ਜਿੱਥੇ ਉਹ ਪਿੰਡ-ਸਮੂਹ ਟਿਕੇ, ਉੱਥੇ-ਉੱਥੇ ਪਹਾੜ ਬਣ ਗਏ; ਫਿਰ ਉਸ ਨੇ ਧਰਤੀ ਨੂੰ ਵੰਡ ਕੇ ਉਸ ਨੂੰ ਸੱਤ ਦੀਪਾਂ ਨਾਲ ਸੁਸ਼ੋਭਿਤ ਕੀਤਾ।

Word by Word

• niṣaktāḥ: attached, fixed
• niṣaktāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣakta (कृदन्त; √sañj/√saj 'to attach' with नि- उपसर्ग)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural); Past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; relative adverb (स्थानवाचक)

• yatra: wherever
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; repetition for distributive sense

• āsan: were
• āsan: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ lakāra (Imperfect/Past), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; correlative adverb (स्थानवाचक)

• tatra: in each such place
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; repetition for distributive sense

• acalāḥ: mountains
• acalāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• abhavan: came to be, became
• abhavan: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ lakāra (Imperfect/Past), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• bhū-vibhāgam: division of the earth
• bhū-vibhāgam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (भूः + विभागः)

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apādāna (अपादान/Source; sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; ablatival adverb (तस्मात्-अर्थे)

• kṛtvā: having made, having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyā (क्रिया; pūrvakāla-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), indeclinable verbal form; expresses prior action

• sapta-dvīpa-upaśobhitam: adorned with seven continents
• sapta-dvīpa-upaśobhitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of Karma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + upaśobhita (कृदन्त; √śubh with उप- उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); compound qualifying भुविभागम्; internal: sapta-dvīpa (Dvigu-like numeral determinative) + upaśobhita (P.P.P.)

Speakers

• Narrative voice within cosmological account

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Creator principle (as narrated)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sacred geography
• Saptadvīpa model
• World-structuring

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Order emerges through placement and differentiation: ‘settling’ becomes ‘mountain,’ implying that stability and structure arise when flux finds its proper locus.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Sarga/Pratisarga: cosmography (dvīpas, mountains) belongs to the descriptive phase of world-manifestation.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘seven dvīpas’ can be read as a symbolic mapping of ordered domains of experience; partitioning indicates the mind’s capacity to categorize and stabilize reality.