Padma Purana — Srishti Khanda, Shloka 140126

Brahmā’s Lotus-Birth, Puṣkara-Creation Imagery, Madhu–Kaiṭabha, and Early Genealogies

Devanagari script

चंडविद्युद्गणोपेता घोरनिर्ह्रादकारिणः । अन्योन्यवेगाभिहताः प्रववुः सप्तमारुताः

Transliteration

caṃḍavidyudgaṇopetā ghoranirhrādakāriṇaḥ | anyonyavegābhihatāḥ pravavuḥ saptamārutāḥ

Translation

سخت بجلیوں کے جھرمٹ کے ساتھ، ہولناک گرج پیدا کرتے ہوئے، ساتوں ہوائیں چلیں—اپنے اپنے مخالف زور سے ایک دوسرے سے ٹکراتی ہوئیں۔

Word by Word

• चण्डविद्युद्गणोपेताः: accompanied by fierce lightning-groups
• चण्डविद्युद्गणोपेताः: Visheshana (Qualifier of winds/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चण्ड + विद्युत् + गण + उपेत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (चण्डविद्युद्गणैः उपेताः = accompanied by fierce groups of lightning) (Adjective: Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• घोरनिर्ह्रादकारिणः: making dreadful roaring sounds
• घोरनिर्ह्रादकारिणः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: घोर + निर्ह्राद + कारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (घोरस्य निर्ह्रादस्य कारिणः = producing dreadful roaring) (Adjective: Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• अन्योन्यवेगाभिहताः: buffeted by one another’s force
• अन्योन्यवेगाभिहताः: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अन्योन्य + वेग + अभिहत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम्; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (अन्योन्यस्य वेगेन अभिहताः = struck by each other's force) (Adjective: Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

• प्रववुः: they blew
• प्रववुः: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वा (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकारः (परिपूर्णभूत/Perfect), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, बहुवचनम् (Perfect, 3rd person plural)

• सप्त: seven
• सप्त: Visheshana (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्त (संख्या/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक-विशेषणम्; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः (numeral adjective, indeclinable-like)

• मारुताः: winds
• मारुताः: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचनम् (Masculine, Nominative, Plural)

Speaker

Narrator (contextual; specific speaker not indicated in the provided excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: चंडविद्युद्गणोपेता→चण्डविद्युद्गणोपेताः; अन्योन्यवेगाभिहताः is a tatpurusha-type compound; no external sandhi splits besides standard visarga/ending normalization.

FAQs

What is meant by the “seven winds” (sapta-mārutāḥ) in this verse?

It describes seven powerful winds (often linked with the Maruts or cosmic wind-forces) acting turbulently, a common Purāṇic motif for upheaval during cosmological events.

How does this verse fit the Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa’s creation-focused theology?

Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa frequently uses elemental imagery—wind, thunder, lightning—to portray cosmic transformation and the dynamic forces that accompany creation or dissolution-like disturbances.

What ethical or philosophical lesson can be drawn from the image of winds striking one another?

The mutual collision of forces can be read as a reminder that unchecked power and agitation generate conflict; steadiness and harmony are implied virtues amid turbulent conditions.