Shloka 53
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
वृक्षस्यैवङ्गताः शाखास्तथैवञ्चापरी गताः ।
नताश्चैवोन्नताश्चैव तद्वच्छाखाः प्रचक्रिरे ॥
vṛkṣasyaivaṅgatāḥ śākhās tathaivañ cāparī gatāḥ / natāś caivonnatāś caiva tadvacchākhāḥ pracakrire
Kung paanong ang ilang sanga ng puno ay tumutungo sa isang direksiyon at ang iba ay sa iba—may mga nakayuko pababa at may mga umaangat pataas—gayundin, hinubog nila ang mga sanga bilang mga sangkap ng balangkas ayon sa gayong anyo.
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FAQs
Nature is treated as the first teacher of form and function; human craft is an imitation (anukaraṇa) of organic order.
Not a formal pancalakṣaṇa element; it is cultural-pratisarga style description of how humans re-establish living systems.
Branches bending and rising mirror the psyche’s tendencies; a stable ‘house’ (life-order) requires integrating downward (grounding) and upward (aspiration) movements.