Shloka 40

Sṛṣṭi-krama: Brahmā’s Sequential Creation of Devas, Sages, and Sense-Presiding Powers

Devanagari script

दशवर्षानन्तरं तु भ्रुवोर्मध्याद्विनिर्ममे / संवत्सरानन्तरं तु भृगुभार्यां विनिर्ममे

Transliteration

daśavarṣānantaraṃ tu bhruvormadhyādvinirmame / saṃvatsarānantaraṃ tu bhṛgubhāryāṃ vinirmame

Translation

十年之后，他使其从两眉之间的空处出生；又过一年，他使其在婆利古（Bhṛgu）之妻中出生。

Word by Word

• दश-वर्षात्: after ten years
• दश-वर्षात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दश (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘दशानां वर्षाणाम्’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘after ten years’

• अनन्तरम्: thereafter
• अनन्तरम्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण): ‘thereafter’

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• भ्रुवोः: of the two eyebrows
• भ्रुवोः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भ्रू (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी/सप्तमी-द्विवचन (Genitive/Locative dual); ‘of/from the two eyebrows’

• मध्यात्: from the middle
• मध्यात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मध्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘from the middle’

• विनिर्ममे: created
• विनिर्ममे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु) + वि + निर् (उपसर्गौ)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• संवत्सरात्: after a year
• संवत्सरात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संवत्सर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; ‘after a year’

• अनन्तरम्: thereafter
• अनन्तरम्: Kala-adhikarana (कालाधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अनन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय (क्रियाविशेषण): ‘thereafter’

• तु: and/indeed
• तु: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (निपात)

• भृगु-भार्याम्: Bhṛgu’s wife
• भृगु-भार्याम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भृगु (प्रातिपदिक) + भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘भृगोः भार्या’); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• विनिर्ममे: created
• विनिर्ममे: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: मा (धातु) + वि + निर् (उपसर्गौ)
• Form: लिट्-लकार, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Lord Vishnu (narrating to Garuda)

Philosophical Teaching

Concept: Creation proceeds through subtle loci and time-steps; inner centers (bhrūmadhya) and śakti (wife of Bhṛgu) serve as matrices for manifestation.

Vedantic Theme: Interplay of puruṣa–prakṛti / consciousness–power: forms arise in dependence on subtle causes and appropriate ‘fields’ (kṣetra).

Application: Meditate at bhrūmadhya to steady attention; reflect on how intentions ‘gestate’ before becoming speech/action—cultivate patience and right timing.

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Geographic Context

Type: subtle bodily locus

Cross References

Related Themes: Garuda Purana 3.13 (chronology of manifestations; sages and their consorts as creative channels)

Characters & Entities

• Bhṛgu
• Bhṛgu's wife (Bhṛgubhāryā)

FAQs

What is the importance of manifestation details (like 'between the eyebrows') in the Garuda Purana?

This verse uses symbolic creation imagery to describe extraordinary origination, emphasizing that certain beings or outcomes are produced through subtle, non-ordinary means rather than common birth alone.

How does this verse relate to the Garuda Purana’s broader teachings?

Here the text shifts to Purāṇic narrative and lineage/creation motifs, grounding later teachings in an authoritative cosmological framework by linking events to revered figures such as Bhṛgu.

Practical application of this wisdom today?

Treat lineage teachers and sacred narratives with reverence, and reflect on disciplined time (years of effort) as a prerequisite for meaningful outcomes—spiritual or worldly.