Shloka 40

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

तथा किंनरगन्धर्वान् अरिष्टाजनयद्बहून् तृणवृक्षलतागुल्मम् इला सर्वमजीजनत्

Transliteration

tathā kiṃnaragandharvān ariṣṭājanayadbahūn tṛṇavṛkṣalatāgulmam ilā sarvamajījanat

Translation

Gayundin, si Ariṣṭā ay nagluwal ng maraming Kiṃnara at Gandharva; at si Ilā naman ang lumikha ng lahat ng pananim—damo, mga punò, baging, at palumpong—kaya napuno ang daigdig ng mga anyong may katawan ayon sa kaayusang kosmiko ng Panginoon.

Word by Word

• तथा: likewise

• किंनरगन्धर्वान्: Kiṃnaras and Gandharvas (celestial beings)

• अरिष्टा: Ariṣṭā (a progenitress/creative power)

• जनयत्: produced, gave birth to

• बहून्: many

• तृण: grasses

• वृक्ष: trees

• लता: creepers, vines

• गुल्मम्: shrubs, bushes

• इला: Ilā (earth/progenitress principle)

• सर्वम्: all

• अजीजनत्: generated, created

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Srishti account to the sages at Naimisharanya)