Shloka 15
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
तस्माद् देवा दिवा रात्रावसुरास्तु बलान्विताः ।
ज्योत्स्नागमे च मनुजाः सन्ध्यायां पितरस्तथा ॥
tasmād devā divā rātrau asurās tu balānvitāḥ / jyotsnāgame ca manujāḥ sandhyāyāṃ pitaras tathā
پس دن میں دیوتا طاقتور ہوتے ہیں اور رات میں اسور۔ جیوৎসنا کے آنے پر انسان (طاقتور ہوتے ہیں)، اور سندھیا کے وقت پِتروں کی بھی اسی طرح (قوت بڑھتی ہے)۔
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FAQs
The cosmos is portrayed as time-sensitive: different beings ‘flourish’ in different temporal guṇa-climates. Practically, it reinforces choosing appropriate times for rites—especially sandhyā-associated ancestor remembrance and disciplined conduct at night.
Sarga (ordering of beings and their powers) with an implicit dharma-application to ritual timing.
‘Strength’ can be read as psychological dominance: divine clarity by day (sattva), asuric impulses by night (tamas/rajas), ancestral memory at twilight (liminal), and human agency under moonlight (reflective, moderated light).