Shloka 41
सर्गभेदाः — अविद्या, स्रोतोभेदाः, नव सर्गाः, देवासुरादिसृष्टिः, वेद-यज्ञप्रादुर्भावः
रजोमात्रात्मिकाम् एव ततो ऽन्यां जगृहे तनुम् ततः क्षुद् ब्रह्मणो जाता जज्ञे कोपस् तया ततः
rajomātrātmikām eva tato 'nyāṃ jagṛhe tanum tataḥ kṣud brahmaṇo jātā jajñe kopas tayā tataḥ
ततः स रजोमात्रात्मिकामेव अन्यां तनुं जगृहे। ततो ब्रह्मणः क्षुदुत्पन्ना, तस्याः क्षुधः पुनः कोपः समजायत॥
Sage Parāśara (narrating to Maitreya)
Speaker: Parasara
Topic: Origins of beings and the unfolding of creation from guṇas
Teaching: Cosmological
Quality: authoritative
Creation Stage: Primary
Concept: From rajas-dominated creative activity arise hunger (kṣudh) and, as its consequence, wrath (kopa), showing how guṇic imbalance generates afflictive forces within creation.
Vedantic Theme: Dharma
Application: Notice how unmet desire quickly turns into anger; cultivate sattva through moderation, prayer, and disciplined action to prevent that chain.
Vishishtadvaita: Even guṇic forces (hunger, wrath) arise within the Lord’s ordered manifestation, implying the world is real yet dependent (śeṣa) on the Supreme as its cause.
Vishnu Form: Para-Brahman
Jagat Karana: Yes
FAQs
They represent primal drives arising within creation—hunger as craving/need, and wrath as its reactive force—showing how rajas fuels worldly motion and conflict.
Parāśara presents rajas as the activating guṇa: when Brahmā assumes a rajas-dominated form, dynamic forces such as hunger arise, and from them follow further agitating emotions like anger.
Even as Brahmā’s rajas-born forces unfold, the Vishnu Purana frames all cosmic processes as operating within the sovereignty of the Supreme Reality (Vishnu), who underlies and sustains the ordered manifestation of the guṇas.