Shloka 47
Adhyāya 6: Pañca-mahābhūta–guṇa-nirdeśa and Sudarśana-dvīpa
Five Elements, Sensory Qualities, and a Cosmographic Island
तत्र दिव्या त्रिपथगा प्रथम तु प्रतिषछ्ठिता । ब्रह्मलोकादपक्रान्ता सप्तधा प्रतिपद्यते
tatra divyā tripathagā prathamā tu pratiṣṭhitā | brahmalokād apakrāntā saptadhā pratipadyate ||
Doon, ang banal na ilog na Gaṅgā—na tinatawag na Tripathagā, “siya na dumadaloy sa tatlong daigdig”—ay unang naitatag. Bumaba mula sa Brahmaloka, at pagkaraan ay nahayag bilang pitong magkakahiwalay na agos. Itinatampok ng salaysay ang banal na kaayusan ng kosmos: pinagmulan sa langit, wastong pook ng pagtatatag, at maayos na pamamahagi para sa kapakanan ng mga daigdig.
संजय उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a dharmic-cosmic principle: what is divine descends in an ordered way—first being properly established, then distributed for the benefit of many. Sacred waters symbolize purity and welfare when they flow within rightful channels.
Sañjaya describes the divine Gaṅgā: she descends from Brahmaloka, is first established at a particular locus, and from there becomes sevenfold as separate streams.