Shloka 24
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
जज्ञिरे पिबतो वाचं गन्धर्वास्तेन ते स्मृताः ।
अष्टास्वेतासु सृष्टासु देवयोनिषु स प्रभुः ॥
jajñire pibato vācaṃ gandharvās tena te smṛtāḥ | aṣṭāsv etāsu sṛṣṭāsu devayoniṣu sa prabhuḥ ||
वाचं पीत्वेव ते जाताः; तस्माद् ‘गन्धर्वा’ इति स्मृताः। एतासु अष्टसु दिव्ययोनिषु सृष्टासु स भगवान् यथाक्रमं प्रववृते।
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FAQs
Speech is treated as a subtle power: refined beings are associated with vāk, suggesting that cultivated speech and sound (music, mantra, art) are civilizational and elevating forces.
Sarga: the verse continues enumerating created categories and provides etymological grounding for names (Gandharva) within the creation account.
‘Drinking speech’ hints at internalization of mantra/vibration; Gandharvas as sonic intelligences embody the metaphysics of sound as a creative principle.