Shloka 69
Brahmin Right Conduct: Morning Remembrance, Bathing, Purification, and Tarpaṇa Method
न प्राप्नुवंति सर्वज्ञ लभंते मानवा यथा । ब्रह्मोवाच । पुरा सृष्टं मया तोयं सर्वदेवमयामृतम्
na prāpnuvaṃti sarvajña labhaṃte mānavā yathā | brahmovāca | purā sṛṣṭaṃ mayā toyaṃ sarvadevamayāmṛtam
اے سب کچھ جاننے والے! وہ اسے اس طرح حاصل نہیں کرتے جس طرح انسان اپنے فائدے پاتے ہیں۔ برہما نے کہا: “قدیم زمانے میں میں نے وہ پانی پیدا کیا—امرت کے مانند، اور تمام دیوتاؤں کی حضوری سے معمور۔”
Brahmā
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: prāpnuvanti (no sandhi); labhante (as written); brahmā+uvāca→brahmovāca; sarvadevamaya+amṛtam→sarvadevamayāmṛtam
FAQs
It presents primordial water as a sacred, divine medium—symbolically containing the powers of all deities—often used in Purāṇic creation accounts to explain why certain waters (and rites using water) are considered spiritually potent.
Primarily to creation theology (Sṛṣṭi-khaṇḍa): it frames water as a primordial, nectar-like substance created by Brahmā, which later Purāṇic passages may connect to sanctified waters and ritual purity.
The contrast suggests that divine realities are not acquired merely through ordinary human means; higher attainments depend on a different order—grace, cosmic law, or sacred origin—rather than common worldly acquisition.