Shloka 32

Āścarya-kathana: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Dialogue on Sūrya (Vivasvat) and the ‘Second Sun’ Phenomenon

Devanagari script

जगाम तमस: पार यत्राव्यक्तं व्यवस्थितम्‌,यह आदेश देकर वे अज्ञानान्धकारसे परे विराजमान अपने परम अव्यक्त धामको चले गये। तदनन्तर वरदायक देवता लोकपितामह ब्रह्माने सम्पूर्ण चराचर लोकोंकी सृष्टि की

Transliteration

vaiśampāyana uvāca | jagāma tamasaḥ pāraṃ yatrāvyaktaṃ vyavasthitam | tad-anantaraṃ varadāyaka-devatā lokapitāmahaḥ brahmā samasta-carācara-lokānāṃ sṛṣṭiṃ cakāra |

Translation

Vaiśampāyana nói: Sau khi ban lời răn ấy, ngài vượt qua bóng tối của vô minh mà đi đến cảnh giới tối thượng, vô hiển (avyakta) của mình. Rồi sau đó, Brahmā—vị thần ban phúc, bậc Tổ phụ của các thế giới—khởi dựng sự sáng tạo của toàn thể cõi giới, cả hữu động lẫn vô động.

Word by Word

• जगाम: went
• जगाम: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: लिट् (परस्मैपद), प्रथम, एकवचन

• तमसः: of darkness / from darkness (as boundary)
• तमसः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: तमस्
• Form: नपुंसक, षष्ठी, एकवचन

• पारम्: the far shore / beyond
• पारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पार
• Form: नपुंसक, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• यत्र: where
• यत्र: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यत्र

• अव्यक्तम्: the Unmanifest
• अव्यक्तम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: अव्यक्त
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• व्यवस्थितम्: is established / situated
• व्यवस्थितम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्यवस्थित
• Form: नपुंसक, प्रथमा, एकवचन

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vaiśampāyana
• Brahmā
• Avyakta (the Unmanifest abode/state)
• Tamas (darkness/ignorance)
• Carācara-loka (animate and inanimate worlds)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse contrasts ignorance (tamas) with transcendence: one who follows right instruction can pass beyond the darkness of delusion to the unmanifest, supreme state. It also affirms an ordered cosmos in which creation proceeds through Brahmā as the divinely empowered agent.

What is happening in the narrative?

After delivering an instruction or command, the referenced figure departs to the supreme unmanifest realm beyond ignorance. Then the narrative shifts to cosmogony: Brahmā, called the grandsire of the worlds, undertakes the creation of all beings and realms, both animate and inanimate.