Shloka 10
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
आयुषोऽन्ते प्रसूयन्ते मिथुनान्येव ताः सकृत् ।
ततः प्रभृति कल्पेऽस्मिन् मिथुनानां हि सम्भवः ॥
āyuṣo 'nte prasūyante mithunāny eva tāḥ sakṛt |
tataḥ prabhṛti kalpe 'smin mithunānāṃ hi sambhavaḥ ||
В конце срока жизни те женщины рожали — лишь однажды — и воистину рождали попарно. С того времени в этом кальпе утвердилось порождение парами.
{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "adbhuta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }
FAQs
Procreation is depicted as constrained and gradual in its establishment—first rare, then systematized. The ‘once, at life’s end’ motif underscores that early beings were not driven by continuous reproductive compulsion as later humans are.
Sarga: continuation of the account of how reproduction and population increase become regularized within the kalpa.
Birth at ‘life’s end’ can be read as a symbolic transference: as one cycle closes, another begins—mirroring the Purāṇic idea that endings (saṃhāra tendencies) and beginnings (sarga) interpenetrate.