Shloka 35

Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā

Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties

Devanagari script

स्वेदजा: कृमय: प्रोक्ता जन्तवश्न॒ यथाक्रमम्‌

Transliteration

svedajāḥ kṛmayaḥ proktā jantavaś ca yathākramam

Translation

Sinabi ni Vāyu-deva: “Ang mga nilalang na umuusbong mula sa pawis ay ipinahahayag na mga uod at mga kahawig na munting nilalang—kaya, ayon sa wastong pagkakasunod, inilalarawan ang mga uri ng may buhay.”

Word by Word

• स्वेदजाः: sweat-born (creatures)
• स्वेदजाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्वेदज
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• कृमयः: worms
• कृमयः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृमि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• प्रोक्ताः: are said/declared
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)

• जन्तवः: living beings/creatures
• जन्तवः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्तु
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यथाक्रमम्: in due order/ क्रमशः
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा-क्रमम्

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu-deva)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a traditional, ordered taxonomy of life, identifying “sweat-born” beings as kṛmi (worms/minute creatures), emphasizing that creation and life-forms can be understood through systematic categories.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener by enumerating types of living beings in sequence; here he reaches the category of sweat-born creatures and names them as kṛmi.