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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

tiryaṅsubhuman; mānuṣahuman beings; devānāmof the superhuman beings or demigods; sarīsṛpareptiles; patattriṇāmof the birds; vadakindly describe; naḥunto me; sargageneration; saṁvyūhamspecific divisions; gārbhaembryonic; svedaperspiration; dvijatwice-born; udbhidāmplanets, 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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