Shloka 21

Adhyaya 48 — The Emanation of Beings from Brahma: Night, Day, Twilight, and the Orders of Creation

Sanskrit

तान् दृष्ट्वा ह्यप्रियेनास्य केशाः शीर्यन्त वेधसः ।

समारोहणहीनाश्च शिरसो ब्रह्मणस्तु ते ॥

Transliteration

tān dṛṣṭvā hy apriyeṇāsya keśāḥ śīryanta vedhasaḥ / samārohaṇa-hīnāś ca śiraso brahmaṇas tu te

Translation

Thấy họ, nơi Đấng Tạo Hóa (Vedhas) khởi lên sự bất mãn, và tóc của Ngài rụng xuống. Vì thế, những cái đầu ấy của Phạm Thiên trở nên không tóc (hói).

Word by Word

• तान्: them
• तान्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), बहुवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया/Absolutive)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), धातु: दृश् (to see), अर्थ: having seen

• हि: indeed
• हि: Sambandha/Emphasis (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphasis/causal), अव्यय

• अप्रियेन: by the unpleasant (sight)
• अप्रियेन: Karana (करण/Instrument-Cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अप्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; कारण/निमित्तार्थे

• अस्य: of him
• अस्य: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• केशाः: hairs
• केशाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन

• शीर्यन्ते: fall off
• शीर्यन्ते: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: शॄ (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), बहुवचन; आत्मनेपद; धातु: शॄ/शीर् (to fall off/decay)

• वेधसः: of the Creator (Brahmā)
• वेधसः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वेधस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; ब्रह्मणः पर्याय

• समारोहण-हीनाः: lacking the means of ascent (standing on end)
• समारोहण-हीनाः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: समारोहण (प्रातिपदिक) + हीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समास: समारोहणस्य हीनाः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; केशाः इति विशेषण

• च: and
• च: Sambandha/Conjunction (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction), अव्यय

• शिरसः: of the head
• शिरसः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शिरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• ब्रह्मणः: of Brahmā
• ब्रह्मणः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन

• तु: indeed
• तु: Sambandha/Contrast (निपात/Contrast)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (contrast/emphasis), अव्यय

• ते: those (hairs)
• ते: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; केशाः इति समानाधिकरण

Speakers

• Narrative voice

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "bibhatsa", "secondaryRasa": "karuna", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Brahmā (Vedhas)

Key Themes

• Sarga
• Etiological imagery
• Tamas-born beings and creator’s reaction
• Mythic physiology

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The creator’s ‘displeasure’ dramatizes cosmic disapproval of devouring, violent impulses; it also implies that disharmony rebounds even upon the source as a disturbance in order.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Sarga: continuation of the origin-account with etiological detail explaining a feature/condition via mythic causation.

What is the esoteric significance?

Hair-shedding can symbolize loss of ‘covering’ or stability when confronted with tamasic outgrowths—an image of how ignorance-generated forces destabilize the creative/intelligent principle until re-ordered.