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Shloka 35

Adhyaya 48The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation

विद्युतोऽशनिमेघाश्च रोहितेन्द्रधनूंषि च ।

वयांसि च ससर्जादौ कल्पस्य भगवान् विभुः ॥

vidyuto 'śani-meghāś ca rohita-indradhanūṃṣi ca | vayāṃsi ca sasarjādau kalpasya bhagavān vibhuḥ ||

No início do kalpa, o Senhor Bem-aventurado, que tudo permeia, criou o relâmpago, o trovão e as nuvens, o fulgor avermelhado e os arco-íris, e também as aves.

vidyutaḥlightnings
vidyutaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvidyut (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
aśani-meghāḥthunderbolts and clouds
aśani-meghāḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootaśani (प्रातिपदिक) + megha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); dvandva: 'thunderbolts and clouds'
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
rohita-indra-dhanūṃṣired rainbows
rohita-indra-dhanūṃṣi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrohita (प्रातिपदिक) + indra-dhanuṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'Indra's bow' (rainbow) with qualifier rohita
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
vayāṃsibirds
vayāṃsi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvayas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
sasarjacreated; sent forth
sasarja:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
ādauin the beginning
ādau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial locative
kalpasyaof the aeon
kalpasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vibhuḥthe all-pervading one
vibhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to bhagavān
Narrative voice (cosmogonic description)

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

Brahmā (Creator)
CosmologyElements of atmosphereOrigins of speciesPañcalakṣaṇa—Sarga

FAQs

Nature’s awe-inspiring phenomena are not random but integrated into a meaningful cosmic order; reverence for the natural world aligns with reverence for the Creator’s ordinance.

Sarga: enumeration of created entities at the start of a kalpa.

Lightning and thunder signify dynamic śakti in the atmosphere; the rainbow can symbolize the spectrum of manifestation emerging from a single source.