Shloka 35
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
Devanagari script
स्वेदजा: कृमय: प्रोक्ता जन्तवश्न॒ यथाक्रमम्
Transliteration
svedajāḥ kṛmayaḥ proktā jantavaś ca yathākramam
Translation
Thần Vāyu nói: “Những loài sinh từ mồ hôi được tuyên là giun sán và các sinh vật li ti tương tự—như vậy, theo thứ tự, các hạng chúng sinh được trình bày.”
Word by Word
स्वेदजाःsweat-born (creatures)
स्वेदजाः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootस्वेदज
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
कृमयःworms
कृमयः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootकृमि
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
प्रोक्ताःare said/declared
प्रोक्ताः:
TypeVerb
Rootप्र-वच्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural, Past passive participle (क्त)
जन्तवःliving beings/creatures
जन्तवः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootजन्तु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
चand
च:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच
यथाक्रमम्in due order/ क्रमशः
यथाक्रमम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयथा-क्रमम्
Speaker
वायुदेव उवाच
Characters & Entities
व
वायुदेव (Vāyu-deva)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a traditional, ordered taxonomy of life, identifying “sweat-born” beings as kṛmi (worms/minute creatures), emphasizing that creation and life-forms can be understood through systematic categories.
Vāyu-deva is instructing the listener by enumerating types of living beings in sequence; here he reaches the category of sweat-born creatures and names them as kṛmi.