Shloka 356
Adhyāya 42 — Mahābhūta–Indriya–Adhyātma-Vyavasthā
Brahmā’s Instruction on Elements and Faculties
जन्म द्वितीयमित्येतज्जघन्यतरमुच्यते । पसीनेसे उत्पन्न होनेवाले जू आदि कीट और जन्तु स्वेदज कहे जाते हैं। यह क्रमशः दूसरा जन्म पहलेकी अपेक्षा निम्न स्तरका कहा जाता है
janma dvitīyam ity etaj jaghanyataram ucyate |
Thần Vāyu nói: “Đây được gọi là ‘lần sinh thứ hai’, và trong thang bậc các cách sinh, nó còn bị xem là thấp kém hơn. Những loài sinh từ mồ hôi—như chấy rận và các côn trùng nhỏ tương tự—được gọi là ‘swedaja’.”
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a graded classification of births and states that the ‘second’ category is considered lower; in the surrounding explanation, sweat-born beings (svedaja)—like lice and similar insects—are treated as an inferior mode of embodiment, reflecting an ethical-cosmological hierarchy.
Vāyudeva is speaking and defining a category within a broader discussion on types of birth/creation; he labels the ‘second birth’ as comparatively inferior, with the accompanying gloss identifying it with sweat-born organisms.