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Shloka 144

Devanagari script

ते त्वनेनैव रूपेण प्रजनिष्यन्ति वै प्रजा: । स्थापयिष्यन्ति चात्मानं युगादिनिधने तथा

Transliteration

te tv anenaiva rūpeṇa prajaniṣyanti vai prajāḥ | sthāpayiṣyanti cātmānaṃ yugād-nihane tathā ||

Translation

వసిష్ఠుడు పలికెను—వారు ఇదే రూపముతో ప్రజలను సృష్టించుదురు; యుగారంభమునుండి యుగాంతము (ప్రళయము) వరకు తమను తాము ధర్మమర్యాదలో స్థాపించుకొని నిలిచెదరు।

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

तुbut/indeed

अनेनby/with this

एवonly/just

रूपेणby (this) form

प्रजनिष्यन्तिwill beget/produce

वैindeed/surely

प्रजाःcreatures/subjects/progeny

स्थापयिष्यन्तिwill establish/set

चand

आत्मानम्themselves/self

युग-आदि-निधनेat the beginning and end of the yuga (from start to dissolution)

तथाthus/in that manner

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)

प

प्रजाः (prajāḥ, created beings/creatures)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

That the agents of creation (implicitly the Prajāpati-like progenitors) not only generate beings but also remain steadfast within ordained limits across the entire cycle of time—modeling dharma as stability, restraint, and maintenance of cosmic order from yuga-beginning to pralaya.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is describing how certain primordial/progenitor beings will continue the work of creation in the same form and will preserve their proper station and boundaries throughout the full span of an age, indicating continuity of governance and order in the cosmos.