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Shloka 16

Śukasya Janma-yoga-phalaṁ — Vyāsasya Tapasā Putrārthaḥ (Śānti-parva 310)

अव्यक्ताच्च महानात्मा समुत्पद्यति पार्थिव | प्रथमं सर्गमित्येतदाहु: प्राधानिकं बुधा:,पृथ्वीनाथ! अव्यक्त प्रकृतिसे महत्तत्त्व (समष्टि बुद्धि) की उत्पत्ति होती है। इसे विद्वान्‌ पुरुष प्रथम एवं प्राकृत सृष्टि कहते हैं

avyaktāc ca mahān ātmā samutpadyati pārthiva | prathamaṁ sargam ity etad āhuḥ prādhānikaṁ budhāḥ ||

یاج्ञولکیہ نے کہا—اے راجن! اَویَکت پرکرتی سے مہتّتتو (کائناتی/مجموعی بُدھی) پیدا ہوتا ہے۔ دانا لوگ اسے پہلی تخلیق، یعنی پرادھانِک (ابتدائی) صدور کہتے ہیں۔

अव्यक्तात्from the unmanifest
अव्यक्तात्:
Apadana
TypeNoun
Rootअव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Ablative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
महान्the Mahat (cosmic intellect)
महान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमहत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
आत्माself; principle
आत्मा:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआत्मन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
समुत्पद्यतिarises; is produced
समुत्पद्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootसम्-उत्-√पद्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular
पार्थिवO king (earth-lord)
पार्थिव:
TypeNoun
Rootपार्थिव
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular
प्रथमम्first
प्रथमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्रथम
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सर्गम्creation; emanation
सर्गम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootसर्ग
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
इतिthus
इति:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति
एतत्this
एतत्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootएतद्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
आहुःthey say; they call
आहुः:
TypeVerb
Root√अह्
FormPerfect, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Plural
प्राधानिकम्pertaining to Pradhāna (primordial matter)
प्राधानिकम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootप्राधानिक
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
बुधाःthe wise
बुधाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootबुध
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Y
Yājñavalkya
P
Pārthiva (the king addressed)
A
Avyakta (the Unmanifest principle)
M
Mahat (the Great Principle / Mahat-tattva)

Educational Q&A

The verse outlines a Sāṅkhya-like sequence of cosmic origination: from the Unmanifest primordial nature (avyakta/pradhāna) emerges mahat, the Great Principle or cosmic intelligence. This is identified as the first, primordial stage of creation.

In the Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, the sage Yājñavalkya addresses a king and explains a philosophical account of creation, defining the earliest phase as the arising of mahat from the unmanifest source.