Shloka 3
Jvarotpatti — The Origin and Distribution of Jvara
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नारद उवाच कुतः सृष्टमिदं विश्व ब्रह्मन् स्थावरजज्भमम् | प्रलये च कमभ्येति तद् भवान् प्रब्रवीतु मे,नारदजीने पूछा--ब्रह्मन! इस समस्त चराचर जगत्की सृष्टि किससे हुई है तथा यह प्रलयके समय किसमें लीन हो जाता है, यह आप मुझे बताइये?
nārada uvāca kutaḥ sṛṣṭam idaṃ viśvaṃ brahman sthāvara-jaṅgamam | pralaye ca kam abhyeti tad bhavān prabravītu me ||
Wika ni Narada: “O Brahman, mula saan nilikha ang buong sansinukob na ito—ang di-nakikilos at ang nakikilos? At sa oras ng pagkalusaw, saan ito muling nalulusaw? Ipagpaliwanag mo sa akin.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a foundational philosophical inquiry: understanding the ultimate cause of creation and the final ground into which all existence dissolves. It sets up a teaching on first principles—origin, sustenance, and dissolution—often used to orient ethical life (dharma) within a larger cosmic order.
Narada respectfully questions a Brahman sage about cosmology: the source of the universe (including all immovable and movable beings) and its destination at pralaya (cosmic dissolution). This initiates an explanatory discourse that follows.