SB 3.20.11

SB 3.20.11

Devanagari

सद्वितीया: किमसृजन् स्वतन्त्रा उत कर्मसु । आहोस्वित्संहता: सर्व इदं स्म समकल्पयन् ॥ ११ ॥

Verse text

sa-dvitīyāḥ kim asṛjan svatantrā uta karmasu āho svit saṁhatāḥ sarva idaṁ sma samakalpayan

Synonyms

sa dvitīyāḥ — with their wives ; kim whether ; asṛjan created ; sva tantrāḥ — remaining independent ; uta or ; karmasu in their actions ; āho svit or else ; saṁhatāḥ jointly ; sarve all the Prajāpatis ; idam this ; sma samakalpayan produced .

Translation

Did they evolve the creation in conjunction with their respective wives, did they remain independent in their action, or did they all jointly produce it?

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

How did they create along with their wives? Did they do this independently or together? Sadvitīyāḥ means “with their wives.” Did they do creation (karmaṣu) so without depending on others or did they do so depending on many others?