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Chapter 7: Further Inquires by Vidura

Verse 27 of 42
SB 3.7.27

तिर्यङ्मानुषदेवानां सरीसृपपतत्त्रिणाम् वद नः सर्गसंव्यूहं गार्भस्वेदद्विजोद्भिदाम्

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

Synonyms

tiryaṅ—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—planets, 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.

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