Shloka 13

Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation

Sanskrit

निषक्ता यत्र यत्रासंस्तत्र तत्राचलाभवन् ।

भूविभागं ततः कृत्वा सप्तद्वीपोपशोभितम् ॥

Transliteration

niṣaktā yatra yatrāsaṃs tatra tatrācalābhavan /

bhūvibhāgaṃ tataḥ kṛtvā saptadvīpopaśobhitam

Translation

جہاں جہاں وہ ڈھیروں کے مجموعے ٹھہرے، وہاں وہاں پہاڑ بن گئے؛ پھر اس نے زمین کو تقسیم کرکے اسے سات دیپوں سے آراستہ کیا۔

Word by Word

• niṣaktāḥ: attached, fixed
• niṣaktāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niṣakta (कृदन्त; √sañj/√saj 'to attach' with नि- उपसर्ग)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural); Past passive participle (क्त) used adjectivally

• yatra: where
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative sense)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; relative adverb (स्थानवाचक)

• yatra: wherever
• yatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; repetition for distributive sense

• āsan: were
• āsan: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ lakāra (Imperfect/Past), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; correlative adverb (स्थानवाचक)

• tatra: in each such place
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; repetition for distributive sense

• acalāḥ: mountains
• acalāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: acala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• abhavan: came to be, became
• abhavan: Kriyā (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Laṅ lakāra (Imperfect/Past), Prathama puruṣa (3rd person), Bahuvacana (Plural)

• bhū-vibhāgam: division of the earth
• bhū-vibhāgam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhū (प्रातिपदिक) + vibhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga (Masculine), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); ṣaṣṭhī-tatpuruṣa (भूः + विभागः)

• tataḥ: then, thereafter
• tataḥ: Hetu/Apādāna (अपादान/Source; sequence marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; ablatival adverb (तस्मात्-अर्थे)

• kṛtvā: having made, having done
• kṛtvā: Kriyā (क्रिया; pūrvakāla-kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा), indeclinable verbal form; expresses prior action

• sapta-dvīpa-upaśobhitam: adorned with seven continents
• sapta-dvīpa-upaśobhitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier of Karma)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + dvīpa (प्रातिपदिक) + upaśobhita (कृदन्त; √śubh with उप- उपसर्ग, क्त)
• Form: Napुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), Dvitīyā vibhakti (Accusative, 2nd), Ekavacana (Singular); compound qualifying भुविभागम्; internal: sapta-dvīpa (Dvigu-like numeral determinative) + upaśobhita (P.P.P.)

Speakers

• Narrative voice within cosmological account

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "adbhuta", "secondaryRasa": "shanta", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Creator principle (as narrated)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sacred geography
• Saptadvīpa model
• World-structuring

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Order emerges through placement and differentiation: ‘settling’ becomes ‘mountain,’ implying that stability and structure arise when flux finds its proper locus.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Sarga/Pratisarga: cosmography (dvīpas, mountains) belongs to the descriptive phase of world-manifestation.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘seven dvīpas’ can be read as a symbolic mapping of ordered domains of experience; partitioning indicates the mind’s capacity to categorize and stabilize reality.