Shloka 32

Adhyaya 63: Daksha’s Progeny, Kashyapa’s Offspring, and the Rishi-Vamshas that Sustain the Worlds

Devanagari script

अजाश्वमेषोष्ट्रखरान् सुग्रीवी चाप्यजीजनत् विनता जनयामास गरुडं चारुणं शुभा

Transliteration

ajāśvameṣoṣṭrakharān sugrīvī cāpyajījanat vinatā janayāmāsa garuḍaṃ cāruṇaṃ śubhā

Translation

سُگریوی نے بکریاں، گھوڑے، بھیڑیں، اونٹ اور گدھے پیدا کیے؛ اور مبارک وِنَتا نے گَروڑ اور اَرُڻ کو جنم دیا۔

Word by Word

• अजा: goat

• अश्व: horse

• मेष: sheep/ram

• उष्ट्र: camel

• खरान् (खर): donkeys

• सुग्रीवी: Sugrīvī (a mother in the lineage)

• च अपि: and also

• अजीजनत्: gave birth/produced

• विनता: Vinatā

• जनयामास: bore/brought forth

• गरुडम्: Garuḍa

• च: and

• अरुणम्: Aruṇa

• शुभा: auspicious, blessed

Speaker

Suta Goswami (narrating the Purana to the sages of Naimisharanya)

Characters & Entities

• Vinatā
• Garuḍa
• Aruṇa
• Sugrīvī

FAQs

What is the importance of this verse in the context of Linga worship?

It situates the world of living beings (pashu) within the ordered unfolding of creation; Linga worship is framed as reverence to Pati (Shiva), the transcendent Lord who supports and regulates all manifested lineages and species.

How does this verse describe the nature of Shiva (Shiva-tattva)?

Though Shiva is not named here, the verse functions within a srishti-account where Shiva-tattva is the presiding Pati beyond the proliferating forms—Garuḍa, Aruṇa, and animal species—showing that multiplicity belongs to prakṛti while the Lord remains the sovereign ground of order.

What ritualistic or Yogic practice is highlighted here?

No direct puja-vidhi or Pashupata yogic technique is taught in this verse; the takeaway is contemplative—recognizing all pashus (embodied beings) as dependent on Pati, which supports devotion and detachment in Shaiva discipline.