Shloka 22
Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation
सर्पणात्तेऽभवन् सर्पा हीनत्वादहयः स्मृताः ।
सर्पान् दृष्ट्वा ततः क्रोधात् क्रोधात्मानो विनिर्ममे ॥
sarpaṇātte 'bhavan sarpā hīnatvād ahayaḥ smṛtāḥ | sarpān dṛṣṭvā tataḥ krodhāt krodhātmāno vinirmame ||
ان کی رینگنے والی حرکت کے سبب وہ ‘سَرپ’ کہلائے؛ اور پستی و زمین سے لگے رہنے کی وجہ سے وہ ‘اَہَیَہ’ کے نام سے یاد کیے گئے۔ اُن سانپوں کو دیکھ کر اُس نے غضب سے ایسے جاندار پیدا کیے جن کی فطرت ہی قہر تھی۔
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FAQs
The verse links temperament and form: certain beings arise associated with specific guṇic impulses (here, krodha). It implicitly cautions that ungoverned anger generates destructive tendencies and ‘species’ of behavior.
Primarily Sarga (creation), specifically a sub-strand of secondary creation describing classes of beings and their naming through nirukti-style etymology.
Serpentine movement symbolizes tamas-bound consciousness (low, earth-hugging). ‘Krodhātmānaḥ’ suggests that anger crystallizes into autonomous forces—inner afflictions becoming outer adversaries.