Shloka 10

दान-धर्म-आश्रमविधानम्

Dana, Dharma, and the Four Āśramas

Devanagari script

ततः सलिलमुत्पन्नं तमसीवापरं तम: । तस्माच्च सलिलोत्पीडादुदतिष्ठत मारुत:,“तदनन्तर आकाशसे जलकी उत्पत्ति हुई; मानो अन्धकारमें ही दूसरा अन्धकार प्रकट हुआ हो। उस जलप्रवाहसे वायुका उत्थान हुआ

Transliteration

tataḥ salilam utpannaṃ tamasīvāparaṃ tamaḥ | tasmāc ca salilotpīḍād udatīṣṭhat mārutaḥ |

Translation

پھر آکاش سے پانی پیدا ہوا—گویا تاریکی کے اندر ہی دوسری تاریکی نمودار ہو گئی۔ اور اسی آبِ کثیر کے دباؤ اور تلاطم سے ماروت (وایو) کا ظہور ہوا۔

Word by Word

ततःthen; thereafter; from that

सलिलम्water

उत्पन्नम्arisen; produced

तमसाby darkness; in darkness

इवas if; like

अपरम्another; second

तमःdarkness

तस्मात्from that; thence

चand

सलिलोत्पीडात्from the pressure/surge of water

उदतिष्ठतarose; stood up

मारुतःwind; air

Speaker

भरद्वाज उवाच

Characters & Entities

Bharadvāja

salila (water)

tamaḥ (darkness)

māruta (wind/Vāyu)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a cosmological sequence in which elements emerge from prior conditions: from an undifferentiated darkness arises water, and from the dynamic pressure of water arises wind. It frames creation as an ordered unfolding from subtle/obscure states to manifest forces.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bharadvāja is describing the early stages of creation: first the appearance of water in a state likened to deep darkness, and then the arising of wind (māruta) from the agitation/pressure within that watery mass.