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Shloka 38

अग्नीषोमोत्पत्तिः

Agni–Soma Origin and the Brahmāgnīṣomīya Doctrine

उदयं ज्योतिषां शश्वत्‌ सोमादीनां करोति यः । अन्तर्देहेषु चोदानं यं वदन्ति मनीषिण:

udayaṁ jyotiṣāṁ śaśvat somādīnāṁ karoti yaḥ | antardeheṣu codānaṁ yaṁ vadanti manīṣiṇaḥ ||

Bhīṣma nói: Kẻ nào không ngừng làm cho các thiên thể—khởi từ Mặt Trăng—được mọc lên, và kẻ mà bậc hiền triết gọi là dòng sinh khí mang tên Udāna ở trong thân hữu tình; chính năng lực ấy được chỉ ra như cơn gió vũ trụ cai quản sự vận hành hướng thượng, nối liền hơi thở nội tại với trật tự của bầu trời bên ngoài.

उदयम्rising, appearance
उदयम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउदय
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
ज्योतिषाम्of the luminaries (heavenly lights)
ज्योतिषाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootज्योतिस्
FormNeuter, Genitive, Plural
शश्वत्always, perpetually
शश्वत्:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootशश्वत्
सोम-आदीनाम्of Soma and others (Moon, Sun etc.)
सोम-आदीनाम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसोम + आदि
FormMasculine, Genitive, Plural
करोतिmakes, causes, does
करोति:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
यःwho
यः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
अन्तः-देहेषुwithin bodies
अन्तः-देहेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तः + देह
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उदानम्the udāna (vital upward-moving breath)
उदानम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootउदान
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
यम्whom/which
यम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
वदन्तिthey call, they say
वदन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootवद्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
मनीषिणःthe wise (sages)
मनीषिणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootमनीषिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

भीष्म उवाच

B
Bhīṣma
S
Soma (Moon)
J
jyotiṣ (luminaries/celestial bodies)
U
Udāna (vital breath)

Educational Q&A

The verse links macrocosm and microcosm: the same governing principle that orders the rising of celestial lights is present within living beings as Udāna, the upward-moving vital force. It suggests an ethical-spiritual vision where understanding inner discipline (prāṇa) aligns one with cosmic order (ṛta/dharma).

In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs Yudhiṣṭhira on higher knowledge and the foundations of order. Here he identifies a cosmic function—causing the luminaries to rise—and equates it with the internal life-current called Udāna, presenting a contemplative teaching on how universal forces operate within the body.