Shloka 6

कृतयुगवर्णनम् तथा राजधर्मोपदेशः

Kṛtayuga Description and Instruction on Royal Dharma

Devanagari script

चतुर्विधानि विप्रर्षे यथावत्‌ परमेछ्िना । वायुभूता दिश: कृत्वा विक्षिप्यापस्ततस्तत:,ब्रह्मर्ष! फिर प्रलयकाल व्यतीत होनेपर जब पितामह ब्रह्मा जागते हैं, तब सम्पूर्ण दिशाओंमें वायुको फैलाकर उसके द्वारा समस्त जलराशिको इधर-उधर छितराकर (सूखे स्थानोंमें) ब्रह्माजीके द्वारा जो जरायुज, अण्डज, स्वेदज और उद्धिज्ज नामक चार प्रकारके प्राणी रचे जाते हैं, उन्हें एकमात्र आप ही (सबसे पहले) अच्छी तरह देख पाते हैं

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca |

catūrvīdhāni viprarṣe yathāvat parameṣṭhinā |

vāyubhūtā diśaḥ kṛtvā vikṣipyāpas tataḥ tataḥ ||

brahmarṣe punaḥ pralayakāla-vyatīte yathā pitāmahaḥ brahmā jāgarti, tadā sarvāsu diśāsu vāyuṁ prasārya tena sarvāḥ āpaḥ itas-tataḥ vikṣipya (śuṣkeṣu deśeṣu) parameṣṭhinā brahmaṇā ye jarāyujāṇḍaja-svedajodbhijja-nāmānaḥ catvāraḥ prāṇi-bhedāḥ sṛjyante, tān tvam eva prathamaṁ samyag draṣṭum arhasi |

Translation

Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O pinakadakila sa mga brahmin na pantas, kapag ang Lumikha (Parameṣṭhin), matapos lumipas ang panahon ng pagkalusaw, ay nagigising bilang Matandang Ama na si Brahmā, ikinakalat niya ang mga hangin sa lahat ng dako at sa pamamagitan ng hanging iyon ay ikinakalat ang mga tubig kung saan-saan upang lumitaw ang mga tuyong pook. Pagkaraan, nililikha niya ang apat na uri ng may-buhay—yaong isinilang sa sinapupunan, sa itlog, sa halumigmig/init, at sa pagsibol. Sa mga unang paglikhang iyon, ikaw lamang ang nakakakita nang malinaw mula sa pinakasimula.”

Word by Word

चतुर्विधानिfourfold kinds

विप्रर्षेO brahmin-sage

यथावत्properly, as it should be

परमेछिनाby the supremely-willing one

वायुभूताhaving become wind-like / as wind

दिशःthe directions

कृत्वाhaving made

विक्षिप्यhaving scattered

आपःthe waters

ततःthen, thereafter

ततःhere and there / in various places (repeated)

ब्रह्मर्षेO brahma-sage

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Brahmā (Pitāmaha, Parameṣṭhin)

directions (diśaḥ)

wind (vāyu)

waters (āpaḥ)

four classes of beings (jarāyuja, aṇḍaja, svedaja, udbhijja)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a traditional cosmological sequence: after dissolution (pralaya), Brahmā re-initiates creation by ordering space (directions), wind, and waters, and then manifests life in four classical modes of birth. It highlights the rṣi’s privileged capacity to witness primordial creation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana describes how, when Brahmā awakens after pralaya, he disperses the waters by means of wind to produce dry regions and then creates the four categories of living beings; the addressed sage is said to be the first to perceive these creations clearly.