Shloka 12

Primordial Creation: From Brahman to the Cosmic Egg

Devanagari script

ततो वायुविकुर्वाणो रूपमात्रं ससर्ज ह । ज्योतिरुत्पद्यते वायोस्तद्रूपगुणमुच्यते

Transliteration

tato vāyuvikurvāṇo rūpamātraṃ sasarja ha | jyotirutpadyate vāyostadrūpaguṇamucyate

Translation

پھر جب وایو-تتّو میں تغیّر ہوا تو اس نے محض ‘روپ’ (صورت) پیدا کیا۔ وایو سے ‘جیوتی’ (نور) ظاہر ہوتا ہے؛ یہی روپ سے وابستہ صفت کہلاتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• tataḥ: thereafter; from that
• tataḥ: Adhikarana (Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण) — ‘ततः’ = ‘तस्मात्/अनन्तरम्’ (from that/thereafter)

• vāyu-vikurvāṇaḥ: the transforming air
• vāyu-vikurvāṇaḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक) + vikurvāṇa (कृदन्त; √kṛ ‘कृ’ + vi उपसर्ग)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘विकुर्वाण’ = वर्तमानकाले कर्तरि शतृ-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (present active participle) — ‘वायोः विकुर्वाणः’ (the air, modifying/transforming)

• rūpa-mātram: mere form (form alone)
• rūpa-mātram: Karma (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + mātra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः — ‘मात्रं रूपम्’ (mere form)

• sasarja: created; emitted
• sasarja: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √sṛj (सृज् धातु)
• Form: लिट् (परोक्षभूत/Perfect), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, परस्मैपदम्

• ha: indeed
• ha: Sambandha (Discourse particle/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात/पादपूरण) — कथन-प्रत्ययः (indeed/just)

• jyotiḥ: light; radiance
• jyotiḥ: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jyotis (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• utpadyate: arises; is produced
• utpadyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ut-√pad (पद् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, आत्मनेपदम्; भावे/कर्तरि प्रयोगः — ‘arises/is produced’

• vāyoḥ: of air
• vāyoḥ: Sambandha (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vāyu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन

• tat-rūpa-guṇam: that form-quality (quality called ‘form’)
• tat-rūpa-guṇam: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tat (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + rūpa (प्रातिपदिक) + guṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः — ‘तस्य रूपस्य गुणः’ (the quality of that form)

• ucyate: is said; is called
• ucyate: Kriya (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vac (वच् धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन, कर्मणि प्रयोगः (passive)

Speaker

Unspecified (narratorial/teaching voice within the Svargakhaṇḍa cosmological exposition)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: celestial_realm

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: jyotiḥ + utpadyate → jyotirutpadyate; vāyoḥ + tat- → vāyostat-; tat + rūpa + guṇam → tadrūpaguṇam; vāyu + vikurvāṇaḥ → vāyuvikurvāṇaḥ (समास).

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu
• Jyotis

FAQs

What cosmological idea is taught in this verse?

It presents a step in elemental evolution: when the wind principle (Vāyu) transforms, it yields the subtle principle of form (rūpa), and from that context “light” (jyotis) is described as arising, marking rūpa’s characteristic quality.

How are rūpa (form) and jyotis (light) related here?

The verse links light with the manifestation/recognition of form—stating that jyotis arises from Vāyu and is spoken of as the guṇa (defining attribute) connected with rūpa.

What is the practical philosophical takeaway?

It frames perceived qualities (like form and light) as emergent from deeper principles, encouraging a layered view of reality where sensory attributes are effects of subtler causes.