Shloka 4
भीष्मस्योत्तरायणप्रतीक्षा तथा युधिष्ठिरागमनम् | Bhīṣma’s uttarāyaṇa moment and Yudhiṣṭhira’s arrival
ब्रह्मा तस्योदरभवस्तस्याहं च शिरोभव: । शिरोरुहेभ्यो ज्योतींषि रोमभ्यश्व सुरसुरा:
brahmā tasyodarabhavas tasyāhaṁ ca śirobhavaḥ | śiroruhebhyo jyotīṁṣi romabhyaś ca surāsurāḥ ||
Wika ni Īśvara: “Mula sa Kanyang tiyan isinilang si Brahmā, at mula sa Kanyang ulo ay lumitaw ako mismo. Mula sa buhok sa Kanyang ulo sumilang ang mga liwanag sa kalangitan—mga bituin at mga konstelasyon; at mula sa balahibo sa Kanyang katawan nahayag ang mga diyos at mga asura.”
ईश्वर उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a cosmogonic vision in which diverse orders of beings arise from a single primordial source, emphasizing an underlying unity behind apparent oppositions (devas and asuras) and portraying the cosmos as an ordered emanation rather than a random event.
Īśvara describes the origins of major cosmic entities: Brahmā emerges from the primordial being’s belly, Īśvara from the head, celestial lights from head-hair, and devas and asuras from body-hair—mapping the universe onto a sacred body to explain creation and hierarchy.