Shloka 23

Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture

Sanskrit

अनिच्छाद्वेषसंयुक्ता वर्तन्ते तु परस्परम् ।

तुल्यरूपायुषः सर्वा अधमोत्तमताṃ विना ॥

Transliteration

anicchādveṣasaṃyuktā vartante tu parasparam /

tulyarūpāyuṣaḥ sarvā adhamottamatāṃ vinā

Translation

ते परस्परं वसन्तो रागद्वेषवर्जिताः। सर्वे समरूपायुषो न नीचो न चोत्तमः॥

Speakers

• Narrative voice within the Purana’s cosmological account

Key Themes

• Equality
• Non-aversion
• Pre-social stratification
• Ethics