Chapter 7
तिर्यङ्मानुषदेवानां सरीसृपपतत्त्रिणाम् । वद न: सर्गसंव्यूहं गार्भस्वेदद्विजोद्भिदाम् ॥ २७ ॥
Transliteration
tiryaṅ-mānuṣa-devānāṁ sarīsṛpa-patattriṇām vada naḥ sarga-saṁvyūhaṁ gārbha-sveda-dvijodbhidām
Synonyms (Word-for-Word)
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.”