Shloka 102

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

ततः स जनयामास भूतग्रामं च वीर्यवान्‌ । तस्य तत्‌ तेजसस्तस्माज्जज्ञे लोकेषु तैजसम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ sa janayāmāsa bhūtagrāmaṃ ca vīryavān | tasya tat tejasas tasmāj jajñe lokeṣu taijasam ||

Translation

ఆపై ఆ వీర్యవంతుడు భూతసమూహాన్ని సృష్టించాడు. అతని తేజస్సు నుంచే లోకాలలో ‘తైజస’ సృష్టి ఉద్భవించింది—క్రియాశీలత, చలనం ప్రధానమైన జీవరాశి.

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जनयामास: generated, produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जनयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भूतग्रामम्: the multitude/aggregate of beings
• भूतग्रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वीर्यवान्: possessing potency/seed
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तेजसः: of the splendor/energy
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• जज्ञे: was born, arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• तैजसम्: the fiery/tejas-born (rajas-dominant) [class]
• तैजसम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैजस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• bhūtagrāma (host of beings)
• loka (worlds)
• tejas (radiance/energy)
• taijasa (energetic class of creation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creation is presented as an ordered emergence of diverse beings from a single potent source, with distinct modes (such as the taijasa, activity-energized mode) arising from differentiated aspects of that source’s tejas—linking cosmology with the guṇa-based understanding of nature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha describes a stage of cosmic generation: the powerful creator brings forth the collective of beings, and from his radiance arises the taijasa class within the worlds—associated with energetic, mobile, activity-dominant life.