Shloka 20
बक-गौतमाख्यानम् / The Baka–Gautama Account
On Gratitude and Friendship Ethics
उद्धिद: स्वेदजाश्वैव साण्डजाश्न जरायुजा: । जज्ञे तात जगत् सर्व तथा स्थावरजड्भमम्
udbhijjaḥ svedajāś caiva aṇḍajāś ca jarāyujāḥ | jajñe tāta jagat sarvaṃ tathā sthāvara-jaṅgamam ||
毗湿摩说道：“由彼而生一切众生——由芽生者（草木），由汗湿生者，由卵生者，由胎生者。于是，孩子啊，整个世界遂告成立，兼具不动与有动之类。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a traditional Indian taxonomy of living beings by modes of birth—sprout-born, moisture-born, egg-born, and womb-born—emphasizing that the whole cosmos (both immobile and mobile life) is encompassed within an ordered creation.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction during the Śānti Parva, he describes how the entire world came into being, summarizing creation as the emergence of all creatures in four broad categories, culminating in the totality of the moving and unmoving universe.