SB 3.7.27 · Srimad-Bhagavatam

Devanagari

तिर्यङ्‌मानुषदेवानां सरीसृपपतत्‍त्रिणाम् । वद न: सर्गसंव्यूहं गार्भस्वेदद्विजोद्‍‌भिदाम् ॥ २७ ॥

Verse text

tiryaṅ-mānuṣa-devānāṁ sarīsṛpa-patattriṇām vada naḥ sarga-saṁvyūhaṁ gārbha-sveda-dvijodbhidām

Synonyms

tiryak — subhuman ; mānuṣa — human beings ; devānām — of the superhuman beings, or demigods ; sarīsṛpa — reptiles ; patattriṇām — of the birds ; vada — kindly describe ; naḥ — unto me ; sarga — generation ; saṁvyūham — specific divisions ; gārbha — embryonic ; sveda — perspiration ; dvija — twice-born ; udbhidām — of the plants, etc .

Translation

Also please describe the living beings under different classifications: subhumans, humans, those born of the embryo, those born of perspiration, those who are twice-born [birds], and the plants and vegetables. Kindly describe their generations and subdivisions also.

Translation (Visvanatha Cakravarti Thakura)

Please describe the devatās, humans, animals, reptiles, birds and creatures born from wombs, perspiration, eggs and seeds, and the distribution of these creatures. Saṁvyūham means distribution. Gārbha-ja means born from wombs, such as humans. Those born from perspiration are worms and stinging insects etc. Those born from eggs (dvi-ja) are birds. Those that germinate (udbhidām) are trees and shrubs.