Shloka 50
सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः
ओषध्यः फलमूलिन्यो रोमभ्यस् तस्य जज्ञिरे त्रेतायुगमुखे ब्रह्मा कल्पस्यादौ द्विजोत्तम सृष्ट्वा पश्वोषधीः सम्यग् युयोज स तदाध्वरे
oṣadhyaḥ phalamūlinyo romabhyas tasya jajñire tretāyugamukhe brahmā kalpasyādau dvijottama sṛṣṭvā paśvoṣadhīḥ samyag yuyoja sa tadādhvare
De seus próprios pelos nasceram as plantas, as que dão frutos e as que oferecem raízes. Ó melhor dos duas-vezes-nascidos, no início do kalpa, na aurora do yuga Tretā, Brahmā, após criar devidamente animais e ervas, atrelou-os corretamente ao rito sagrado do yajña, estabelecendo sua ordem.
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Account of creation—origin of plants and the institution of yajña at the kalpa’s beginning
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Creation Stage: Kalpa
Yuga: Treta
Concept: At the kalpa’s outset, Brahmā establishes yajña by yoking plants and animals into sacrificial reciprocity, making ordered duty the sustaining rhythm of the world.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Offer daily actions as yajña—ethical work, gratitude, and giving—so consumption becomes consecrated rather than exploitative.
Vishishtadvaita: Karma as worship (ārādhana) within the Lord’s cosmic body: the world is real and sustained through divinely instituted obligations.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Bhakti Type: Dasya
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
It presents sacrifice as an ordering principle of the world: once beings and plants exist, Brahmā “yokes” them into yajña, indicating that dharma and cosmic stability are sustained through rightly established sacred action.
He uses a mythic-cosmic image—plants arising from “hairs”—to show vegetation as a direct, organic outflow of primordial being, not a random occurrence, and as part of the structured unfolding of creation.
In the Vishnu Purana’s framework, Brahmā functions as a secondary creator within the larger sovereignty of Vishnu; the establishment of yajña and cosmic order ultimately aligns with Vishnu’s sustaining reality that underwrites dharma across the yugas.