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Shloka 36

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

उच्चावचानि भूतानि गात्रेभ्यस्तस्य जज्ञिरे ।

सृष्ट्वा चतुष्टयं पूर्वं देवासुरपितॄन् प्रजाः ॥

uccāvacāni bhūtāni gātrebhyas tasya jajñire | sṛṣṭvā catuṣṭayaṃ pūrvaṃ devāsura-pitṝn prajāḥ ||

Mula sa Kanyang mga sangkap ng katawan ay isinilang ang mga nilalang na mataas at mababa ang uri. Nang una, nilikha Niya ang apat na pangkat—mga deva, mga asura, mga pitṛ (mga ninunong espiritu), at ang lahi ng mga nilalang—at saka Siya nagpatuloy pa.

uccāvacānivarious; high and low
uccāvacāni:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootuccāvaca (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन); dvandva/itaretara: 'high and low; various' qualifying bhūtāni
bhūtānibeings; creatures
bhūtāni:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Plural (बहुवचन)
gātrebhyaḥfrom the limbs
gātrebhyaḥ:
Apādāna (अपादान)
TypeNoun
Rootgātra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Plural (बहुवचन)
tasyaof him; his
tasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुंसक), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)
jajñirewere born; arose
jajñire:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootjan (धातु)
FormPerfect (लिट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Plural (बहुवचन), Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद)
sṛṣṭvāhaving created
sṛṣṭvā:
Pūrvakāla-kriyā (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootsṛj (धातु)
FormAbsolutive/Gerund (क्त्वान्त/ल्यप्), having created
catuṣṭayamthe group of four
catuṣṭayam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootcatuṣṭaya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन); dvigu: 'a set of four'
pūrvamfirst; previously
pūrvam:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormIndeclinable usage (अव्ययीभाव/क्रियाविशेषणवत्); adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)
devāsura-pitṝngods, demons, and ancestors
devāsura-pitṝn:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootdeva (प्रातिपदिक) + asura (प्रातिपदिक) + pitṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); dvandva: 'gods, asuras, and fathers (manes)'
prajāḥcreatures; progeny
prajāḥ:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootprajā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)
Narrative voice (cosmogonic description)

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

Brahmā (Creator)
CosmologyHierarchies of beingsPitṛ doctrinePañcalakṣaṇa—Sarga

FAQs

Diversity of status and disposition is framed as an aspect of cosmic design; ethical life is then to act according to dharma within one’s given condition rather than to deny order itself.

Sarga: it outlines categories of beings generated in primary creation.

‘From the limbs’ suggests embodiment: cosmic principles condense into differentiated functions, implying that the body itself mirrors cosmic stratification.