Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
ऊर्ध्वस्रोतस्तृतीयस्तु सात्त्विकः समवर्तत ।
ते सुखप्रीतिबहुला बहिरन्तस्त्वनावृताः ॥
ūrdhvastrotas tṛtīyas tu sāttvikaḥ samavartata /
te sukhaprītibahulā bahir antas tv anāvṛtāḥ ||
A terceira criação, chamada ‘ūrdhva-srotas’ (de fluxo ascendente), surgiu como sāttvika. Eram abundantes em felicidade e deleite, e não estavam obscurecidos nem exterior nem interiormente.
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Sattva is associated with clarity, joy, and fewer inner obstructions; hence it supports higher knowledge and harmonious action. The verse encodes a value-structure: cultivating sattva aligns one with ‘upward’ movement.
Sarga: delineation of the deva-class as a distinct emanation with sattva predominance.
‘Upward-flowing’ indicates a consciousness naturally oriented to transcendence and luminosity—less covered by āvaraṇa, more transparent to the inner light.