Shloka 17

Brahmacarya-Upāya: Jñāna, Śauca, and the Mind’s Role in Desire (शान्ति पर्व, अध्याय २०७)

Devanagari script

ब्रह्मानुससूजे पुत्रान्‌ मानसान्‌ दक्षसप्तमान्‌ | मरीचिमत्र्यज्ञिरसं पुलस्यं पुलहं क्रतुम्‌

Transliteration

bhīṣma uvāca | brahmā anusuṣuje putrān mānasān dakṣa-saptamān | marīcim atrim aṅgirasam pulastyaṁ pulahaṁ kratum ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“梵天仅以心念之力生出七位心生之子——其中达叉（Dakṣa）为第七。其余六位是：摩利支（Marīci）、阿特利（Atri）、安吉罗娑（Aṅgiras）、普罗娑底耶（Pulastya）、普罗诃（Pulaha）与克罗图（Kratu）。”

Word by Word

• ब्रह्मा: Brahmā
• ब्रह्मा: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अनुससूजे: created/produced
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृज्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha), Third, Singular, Parasmaipada

• पुत्रान्: sons
• पुत्रान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• मानसान्: mind-born, mental
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मानस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• दक्ष: Dakṣa
• दक्ष: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दक्ष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• सप्तमान्: as the seventh
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सप्तम
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मरीचिम्: Marīci
• मरीचिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मरीचि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अत्रिम्: Atri
• अत्रिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अत्रि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अङ्गिरसम्: Aṅgiras
• अङ्गिरसम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्गिरस्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुलस्त्यम्: Pulastya
• पुलस्त्यम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलस्त्य
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• पुलहम्: Pulaha
• पुलहम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुलह
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• क्रतुम्: Kratu
• क्रतुम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्रतु
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• Brahma
• Daksha
• Marichi
• Atri
• Angiras
• Pulastya
• Pulaha
• Kratu

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse anchors dharma in a cosmic genealogy: the moral and social order is presented as emerging from deliberate, mind-born creation, with primordial sages and Prajāpatis serving as foundational transmitters of law, ritual, and right conduct.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma enumerates Brahmā’s seven mind-born sons, identifying Dakṣa as the seventh and listing the other six sages—Marīci, Atri, Aṅgiras, Pulastya, Pulaha, and Kratu—thereby setting up a lineage-based explanation relevant to the surrounding instruction in Śānti Parva.