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Shloka 2

Adhyaya 11The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra

तेनाभिभूतं तत्स्थैर्यं याति बीजद्वयं पितः ।

कललत्वं बुद्बुदत्वं ततः पेशित्वमेव च ॥

tenābhibhūtaṃ tat sthairyaṃ yāti bījadvayaṃ pitaḥ | kalalatvaṃ budbudatvaṃ tataḥ peśitvam eva ca ||

โอ บิดา เมื่อถูกกระบวนการนั้นครอบงำ เมล็ดทั้งสองย่อมถึงสภาวะที่แน่นอน: แรกเป็น ‘กละละ’ (ก้อนวุ้นหนืด), ต่อมาเป็น ‘พุทพุทะ’ (รูปคล้ายฟอง), แล้วจึงเป็น ‘เปศี’ (ก้อนเนื้อ) โดยแท้

tenaby that
tena:
Karaṇa (करण/instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter/Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular; pronoun
abhibhūtamoverpowered/affected
abhibhūtam:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रिया-विशेषण/predicative)
TypeVerb
Root√bhū + abhi (धातु)
FormKridanta; past passive participle (क्त), Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; predicate with bījadvayam (n.)
tatthat
tat:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular; demonstrative used adjectivally
sthairyamsteadiness/firmness
sthairyam:
Karma (कर्म/object)
TypeNoun
Rootsthairya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular
yātigoes/attains
yāti:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√yā (धातु)
FormPresent (लट्), 3rd Person, Singular; Parasmaipada
bīja-dvayamthe two seeds
bīja-dvayam:
Karta (कर्ता/subject)
TypeNoun
Rootbīja + dvi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; द्विगु-समासः ‘two seeds’
pitaḥof the father
pitaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
TypeNoun
Rootpitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (Vedic/archaic gen. sg.); ‘of the father’
kalalatvamthe state of kalala (embryonic mass)
kalalatvam:
Karma (कर्म/object/state reached)
TypeNoun
Rootkalala + tva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; abstract noun in -त्व
budbudatvamthe state of a bubble
budbudatvam:
Karma (कर्म/object/state reached)
TypeNoun
Rootbudbuda + tva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; abstract noun in -त्व
tataḥthereafter
tataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/sequence)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottataḥ (अव्यय/तद्-प्रभव)
FormAvyaya; adverb ‘thereafter/from that’
peṣitvamthe state of peṣī (fleshy lump)
peṣitvam:
Karma (कर्म/object/state reached)
TypeNoun
Rootpeṣī + tva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular; abstract noun in -त्व
evaindeed
eva:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rooteva (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; emphatic particle (निश्चयार्थक)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक)
Putra addressing Pitā (O father)

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Garbha developmentClassical Indian embryologyEmbodiment

FAQs

The body is shown as a gradual formation from subtle causes into gross form, encouraging detachment from bodily pride and a reflective attitude toward embodied life.

A sarga-analog at the individual scale (formation of the body), serving the purāṇic educational role.

The sequential ‘condensation’ (kalala → budbuda → peśī) can be read as the progressive crystallization of karma into form—subtle tendencies taking structured embodiment.