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Shloka 35

Adhyaya 48The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation

विद्युतोऽशनिमेघाश्च रोहितेन्द्रधनूंषि च ।

वयांसि च ससर्जादौ कल्पस्य भगवान् विभुः ॥

vidyuto 'śani-meghāś ca rohita-indradhanūṃṣi ca | vayāṃsi ca sasarjādau kalpasya bhagavān vibhuḥ ||

Sa pasimula ng kalpa, ang Mapalad at sumasaklaw sa lahat na Panginoon ay lumikha ng kidlat, kulog at mga ulap, ng mapulang ningning at mga bahaghari, at gayundin ng mga ibon.

vidyutaḥlightnings
vidyutaḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvidyut (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
aśani-meghāḥthunderbolts and clouds
aśani-meghāḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootaśani (प्रातिपदिक) + megha (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); dvandva: 'thunderbolts and clouds'
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
rohita-indra-dhanūṃṣired rainbows
rohita-indra-dhanūṃṣi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootrohita (प्रातिपदिक) + indra-dhanuṣ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); tatpuruṣa: 'Indra's bow' (rainbow) with qualifier rohita
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
vayāṃsibirds
vayāṃsi:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootvayas (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormIndeclinable (अव्यय); conjunction (समुच्चयबोधक)
sasarjacreated; sent forth
sasarja:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
ādauin the beginning
ādau:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootādi (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); adverbial locative
kalpasyaof the aeon
kalpasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootkalpa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
bhagavānthe Blessed Lord
bhagavān:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhagavat (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
vibhuḥthe all-pervading one
vibhuḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootvibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); apposition to bhagavān
Narrative voice (cosmogonic description)

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Brahmā (Creator)
CosmologyElements of atmosphereOrigins of speciesPañcalakṣaṇa—Sarga

FAQs

Nature’s awe-inspiring phenomena are not random but integrated into a meaningful cosmic order; reverence for the natural world aligns with reverence for the Creator’s ordinance.

Sarga: enumeration of created entities at the start of a kalpa.

Lightning and thunder signify dynamic śakti in the atmosphere; the rainbow can symbolize the spectrum of manifestation emerging from a single source.