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Shloka 16

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

अविद्या पञ्चपर्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः ।

पञ्चधावस्थितः सर्गो ध्यायतोऽप्रतिबोधवान् ॥

avidyā pañcaparvaiṣā prādurbhūtā mahātmanaḥ /

pañcadhāvasthitaḥ sargo dhyāyato 'pratibodhavān

پانچ ‘گرنتھیوں’ (تقسیمات) والی یہ اَوِدیا اُس مہا سَتّا سے ظاہر ہوئی؛ اور جب وہ ابھی غیر بیدار حالت میں تخلیق پر غور کرنے لگا تو سَرِشْٹی پانچ گونہ صورت میں قائم ہو گئی۔

avidyāignorance
avidyā:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootavidyā (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative, 1st), Ekavacana (Singular)
pañca-parvāfivefold (with five parts)
pañca-parvā:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of Karta)
TypeAdjective
Rootpañca (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; dvigu compound meaning 'having five joints/sections' qualifying avidyā
eṣāthis
eṣā:
Karta (कर्ता/Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormStrīliṅga (Feminine), Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; demonstrative pronoun
prādurbhūtāmanifested, arose
prādurbhūtā:
Kriyā (क्रिया; predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Rootprādur-√bhū (धातु)
FormPast active participle (क्त) from √bhū with prādur-; Strīliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
mahātmanaḥof the great-souled one
mahātmanaḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootmahātman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Ṣaṣṭhī vibhakti (Genitive, 6th), Ekavacana; karmadhāraya 'great-souled'
pañcadhāin five ways
pañcadhā:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootpañcadhā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya; distributive adverb 'in five ways'
avasthitaḥsituated, established
avasthitaḥ:
Kriyā (क्रिया; predicate participle)
TypeVerb
Rootava-√sthā (धातु)
FormPast passive participle (क्त) from √sthā with ava-; Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Ekavacana
sargaḥcreation, emanation
sargaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootsarga (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana
dhyāyataḥof him who was meditating
dhyāyataḥ:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeVerb
Root√dhyai (धातु)
FormŚatṛ-pratyaya present participle (ध्यायत्) in Genitive singular (षष्ठी एकवचन) used with implied 'tasya'; 'of (him) meditating'
apratibodhavānwithout realization/awakening
apratibodhavān:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of Genitive referent)
TypeAdjective
Roota-pratibodha (प्रातिपदिक) + vat (प्रत्यय)
FormPuṃliṅga (Masculine), Prathamā vibhakti, Ekavacana; bahuvrīhi 'one who has no awakening/realization' qualifying (dhyāyataḥ) mahātmanaḥ
Narrative voice within cosmological account

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Creator principle (cosmic contemplator)
CosmologyAvidyā taxonomyFivefold divisionMeditation vs non-awakening

FAQs

Mere ‘thinking’ or mental activity is not identical with awakening: without true bodha, creation proceeds under the governance of avidyā; ethically, one should seek right knowledge, not only ritual or conceptualization.

Sarga: it describes the structuring principles (fivefold avidyā/creation) that condition the emergence of beings.

‘Five knots’ suggests binding points where consciousness identifies with limitation; the fivefold pattern hints at systematic veiling that later expresses as categories of beings and their instincts.