Shloka 186

Cosmic Time, Cycles of Creation and Dissolution, and the Varāha Uplift of Earth

Devanagari script

भृगुर्भवो मरीचिश्च तथा चैवांगिरा मुनिः । अहं च पुलहश्चैव क्रतुर्मुनिवरस्तथा

Transliteration

bhṛgurbhavo marīciśca tathā caivāṃgirā muniḥ | ahaṃ ca pulahaścaiva kraturmunivarastathā

Translation

Бхригу, Бхава, Маричи и также мудрец Ангира; вместе со мной — Пулаха, и превосходный риши Крату — все они были названы.

Word by Word

• भृगुः: Bhṛgu
• भृगुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• भवः: Bhava
• भवः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; नाम (शिव/भव)

• मरीचिः: Marīci
• मरीचिः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ (conjunctive adverb)

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• एव: indeed; just
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• अङ्गिराः: Aṅgirā
• अङ्गिराः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम; प्रातिपदिकम् अङ्गिरस्, प्रथमा एकवचन रूपम् अङ्गिराः

• मुनिः: sage
• मुनिः: Apposition (to अङ्गिराः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• पुलहः: Pulaha
• पुलहः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• च: and
• च: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• एव: also indeed
• एव: Emphasis
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण (emphatic particle)

• क्रतुः: Kratu
• क्रतुः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ऋषिनाम

• मुनिवरः: best of sages
• मुनिवरः: Apposition (to क्रतुः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि + वर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः मुनि + वर (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: 'best of sages')

• तथा: likewise
• तथा: Connector
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थ (conjunctive adverb)

Speaker

Pulastya (contextually, the narrator listing sages; common Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa frame dialogue is Pulastya → Bhīṣma)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: भृगुर्भवो = भृगुः + भवः (विसर्ग-लोप/रुत्व); मरीचिश्च = मरीचिः + च; चैवांगिरा = च + एव + अङ्गिराः; पुलहश्चैव = पुलहः + च + एव; क्रतुर्मुनिवरः = क्रतुः + मुनिवरः (विसर्ग-लोप/रुत्व)

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Bhava
• Marīci
• Aṅgiras (Āṅgirasa)
• Pulaha
• Kratu

FAQs

Who are the sages named in this verse?

The verse enumerates prominent ṛṣis associated with early creation accounts: Bhṛgu, Bhava, Marīci, Aṅgiras, Pulaha, and Kratu—figures often counted among Prajāpati-type progenitors in Purāṇic cosmology.

What is the purpose of listing these sages in the Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa?

Such lists establish the genealogical and cosmological framework of creation narratives—identifying the primordial seers through whom beings, lineages, and teachings are said to proceed.

What ethical or spiritual lesson is implied by this enumeration?

By foregrounding revered sages, the text underscores the authority of transmitted knowledge (śruti/smṛti-paramparā) and the ideal of disciplined, truth-oriented living associated with ṛṣihood.