Mahabharata — Anushasana Parva, Shloka 102
Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa
Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results
ततः स जनयामास भूतग्रामं च वीर्यवान् । तस्य तत् तेजसस्तस्माज्जज्ञे लोकेषु तैजसम्
tataḥ sa janayāmāsa bhūtagrāmaṃ ca vīryavān | tasya tat tejasas tasmāj jajñe lokeṣu taijasam ||
Pagkaraan, ang makapangyarihang iyon ay nagluwal ng napakaraming nilalang. Mula sa mismong ningning ng kanyang kapangyarihan, sumibol sa mga daigdig ang paglikhang ‘taijasa’—mga anyo ng buhay na kilala sa masiglang pagkilos at paggalaw—na nagpapakita kung paanong ang sansinukob ay lumalaganap mula sa iisang pinagmulan sa pamamagitan ng magkakaibang kapangyarihan sa loob nito.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
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.
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.