Shloka 102

Pitṛ-śrāddha-haviḥ-phala-nirdeśa

Offerings for Ancestors and Their Stated Results

Devanagari script

ततः स जनयामास भूतग्रामं च वीर्यवान्‌ । तस्य तत्‌ तेजसस्तस्माज्जज्ञे लोकेषु तैजसम्‌

Transliteration

tataḥ sa janayāmāsa bhūtagrāmaṃ ca vīryavān | tasya tat tejasas tasmāj jajñe lokeṣu taijasam ||

Translation

پھر اُس صاحبِ قوت نے مخلوقات کے گروہ کو پیدا کیا۔ اُسی کے تَیَس (نورانی قوت) سے عوالم میں ‘تَیجَس’ آفرینش ظاہر ہوئی—وہ جاندار جو حرکت اور فعّالیت میں نمایاں ہیں۔

Word by Word

• ततः: then, thereafter
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (तद्-प्रातिपदिकात्)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• जनयामास: generated, produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (जनयति)
• Form: Perfect (Periphrastic), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• भूतग्रामम्: the multitude/aggregate of beings
• भूतग्रामम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूतग्राम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• वीर्यवान्: possessing potency/seed
• वीर्यवान्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीर्यवत्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तस्य: of him/of that
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• तेजसः: of the splendor/energy
• Type: Noun
• Root: तेजस्
• Form: Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• तस्मात्: from that
• तस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

• जज्ञे: was born, arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन्
• Form: Perfect, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

• लोकेषु: in the worlds
• लोकेषु: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Plural

• तैजसम्: the fiery/tejas-born (rajas-dominant) [class]
• तैजसम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तैजस
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vasiṣṭha
• bhūtagrāma (host of beings)
• loka (worlds)
• tejas (radiance/energy)
• taijasa (energetic class of creation)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Creation is presented as an ordered emergence of diverse beings from a single potent source, with distinct modes (such as the taijasa, activity-energized mode) arising from differentiated aspects of that source’s tejas—linking cosmology with the guṇa-based understanding of nature.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha describes a stage of cosmic generation: the powerful creator brings forth the collective of beings, and from his radiance arises the taijasa class within the worlds—associated with energetic, mobile, activity-dominant life.