Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 47, Shloka 30
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
ते परिग्राहिणः सर्वे संविभागरता तथा ।
चोदनाश्चाप्यशीलाś्च ज्ञेया भूतादिकाश्च ते ॥
te parigrāhiṇaḥ sarve saṃvibhāgaratāstathā / codanāścāpyaśīlāśca jñeyā bhūtādikāśca te
ਉਹ ਸਾਰੇ ਸੰਗ੍ਰਹਿ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਵੰਡਣ ਵਿੱਚ ਵੀ ਖੁਸ਼ੀ ਮਹਿਸੂਸ ਕਰਦੇ ਹਨ। ਉਹ ਪ੍ਰੇਰਣਾ ਦੁਆਰਾ ਚਲਾਏ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ ਅਤੇ ਬਿਨਾਂ ਕਿਸੇ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਅਨੁਸ਼ਾਸਨ ਦੇ ਹੁੰਦੇ ਹਨ; ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭੂਤ-ਆਦੀ ਵਰਗ ਦੇ ਜਾਣੋ।
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FAQs
The verse sketches a behavioral profile: grasping and redistribution exist together, but without discipline such impulses remain unstable. Ethically, it points to the need for śīla (regulated conduct) to elevate instinctive drives into dharmic action.
A continuation of Sarga description: it characterizes a class of created beings (bhūtādi) by their tendencies.
“Grasping” and “sharing” can represent prāṇa’s twin motions—appropriation and expenditure—while “impelled, unregulated” hints at guṇa-driven saṃskāras prior to refined sattvic governance.