Shloka 363

Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā

Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties

Devanagari script

उद्धिज्जानि च तान्याहुर्भूतानि द्विजसत्तमा: । द्विजवरो! जो पृथ्वीको फोड़कर समयपर उत्पन्न होते हैं, उन प्राणियोंको उद्धिज्ज कहते हैं

Transliteration

udbhijjāni ca tāny āhur bhūtāni dvijasattamāḥ |

Translation

Wika ni Vāyu-deva: “O pinakamainam sa mga dwija, ipinahahayag ng mga rishi na ang mga nilalang na sa takdang panahon ay bumibiyak sa lupa at sumisibol palabas ay tinatawag na ‘udbhijja’ (isinilang sa pagsibol).”

Word by Word

• उद्भिज्जानि: sprouting-born beings (plants etc.)
• उद्भिज्जानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: उद्भिज्ज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Plural

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

• तानि: those
• तानि: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• आहुः: they call / they say
• Type: Verb
• Root: अह् (धातु)
• Form: Present, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada

• भूतानि: beings, creatures
• भूतानि: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Plural

• द्विजसत्तमाः: the best of the twice-born (Brahmins)
• द्विजसत्तमाः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विजसत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Plural

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• वायुदेव (Vāyu-deva)
• द्विजसत्तमाः (learned twice-born sages)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches a traditional dharmic-cosmological classification of life: some beings are ‘udbhijja’, defined as those that emerge by splitting the earth at the appropriate season—highlighting an ordered, time-bound natural law (ṛta) recognized by sages.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyu-deva is instructing a twice-born interlocutor in a didactic passage, explaining the category ‘udbhijja’ among types of living beings, using the sages’ authoritative definition.