Shloka 53
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
वृक्षस्यैवङ्गताः शाखास्तथैवञ्चापरी गताः ।
नताश्चैवोन्नताश्चैव तद्वच्छाखाः प्रचक्रिरे ॥
vṛkṣasyaivaṅgatāḥ śākhās tathaivañ cāparī gatāḥ / natāś caivonnatāś caiva tadvacchākhāḥ pracakrire
ਜਿਵੇਂ ਰੁੱਖ ਦੀਆਂ ਕੁਝ ਟਾਹਣੀਆਂ ਇੱਕ ਪਾਸੇ ਜਾਂਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਹੋਰ ਪਾਸੇ—ਕੁਝ ਹੇਠਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਝੁਕਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ ਤੇ ਕੁਝ ਉੱਪਰ ਚੜ੍ਹਦੀਆਂ ਹਨ—ਉਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਉਨ੍ਹਾਂ ਨੇ ਟਾਹਣੀਆਂ ਨੂੰ ਘਰ ਦੇ ਢਾਂਚੇ ਵਜੋਂ ਬਣਾਇਆ।
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FAQs
Nature is treated as the first teacher of form and function; human craft is an imitation (anukaraṇa) of organic order.
Not a formal pancalakṣaṇa element; it is cultural-pratisarga style description of how humans re-establish living systems.
Branches bending and rising mirror the psyche’s tendencies; a stable ‘house’ (life-order) requires integrating downward (grounding) and upward (aspiration) movements.