Shloka 33
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
मुख्यः सर्गश्चतुर्थस्तु मुख्याः वै स्थावराः स्मृताः ।
तिर्यक्स्रोतस्तु यः प्रोक्तस्तिर्यग्योन्यः स पञ्चमः ॥
mukhyaḥ sargaścaturthastu mukhyā vai sthāvarāḥ smṛtāḥ / tiryakstrotastu yaḥ proktastiryagyonyaḥ sa pañcamaḥ
Ang ikaapat ay ang ‘mukhya’ na paglikha; ang mga di-nakikilos (sthāvara) ay tunay na inaalala bilang pangunahing uri. Ang ikalima, na tinatawag na ‘tiryak-srotas’, ay ang paglikha ng mga isinilang sa sinapupunang hayop (tiryag-yoni).
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FAQs
Life is graded and categorized, emphasizing continuity between plant, animal, and human existence. This supports an ethic of restraint and responsibility toward all life forms as part of one ordered creation.
Sarga: it transitions from prākṛta (principles) to vaikṛta (manifest life-forms), listing specific categories.
The ‘streams’ (srotas) imagery suggests directional tendencies of consciousness/instinct: immovables are ‘primary’ in stability; animals move ‘sideways’—symbolic of instinctual dispersion.