Shloka 356
जन्म द्वितीयमित्येतज्जघन्यतरमुच्यते । पसीनेसे उत्पन्न होनेवाले जू आदि कीट और जन्तु स्वेदज कहे जाते हैं। यह क्रमशः दूसरा जन्म पहलेकी अपेक्षा निम्न स्तरका कहा जाता है
janma dvitīyam ity etaj jaghanyataram ucyate |
वायुरुवाच—एतज्जन्म द्वितीयमिति कथ्यते, जघन्यतरं चोच्यते; स्वेदसमुद्भवा यूकादयः कीटाः स्वेदजा इति निगद्यन्ते।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a graded classification of births and states that the ‘second’ category is considered lower; in the surrounding explanation, sweat-born beings (svedaja)—like lice and similar insects—are treated as an inferior mode of embodiment, reflecting an ethical-cosmological hierarchy.
Vāyudeva is speaking and defining a category within a broader discussion on types of birth/creation; he labels the ‘second birth’ as comparatively inferior, with the accompanying gloss identifying it with sweat-born organisms.