Shloka 36
Adhyaya 49 — Primordial Human Creation, the Rise of Desire, and the Origins of Settlements, Measures, and Agriculture
कृत्रिमं च तथा दुर्गं मित्वा मित्वात्मनोऽङ्गुलैः ।
मानार्थानि प्रमाणानि तास् तु पूर्वं प्रचक्रिरे ॥
kṛtrimaṃ ca tathā durgaṃ mitvā mitvātmano 'ṅgulaiḥ | mānārthāni pramāṇāni tās tu pūrvaṃ pracakrire ||
Cũng vậy, sau khi đo đạc các pháo đài nhân tạo bằng cách lấy chính ngón tay mình làm thước, họ lần đầu tiên đặt ra các chuẩn mực đo lường (pramāṇa) nhằm định lượng.
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FAQs
Measurement and standardization arise with construction, ownership, and defense—tools of order that also reflect a shift from trust in natural provision to controlled management.
Manvantara/yuga social evolution: the emergence of arts, crafts, and institutions within an age’s unfolding.
‘Measuring by one’s own fingers’ suggests the ego making itself the yardstick; as inner harmony declines, reality is increasingly ‘reduced to measure’ and controlled.