Srimad Bhagavatam. Canto 3: The Status Quo

Chapter 7: Further Inquires by Vidura. Text 27

तिर्यङ्मानुषदेवानां सरीसृपपतत्त्रिणाम् ।
वद नः सर्गसंव्यूहं गार्भस्वेदद्विजोद्भिदाम् ॥२७॥

tiryaá¹…-mÄnuá¹£a-devÄnÄá¹
sarÄ«sá¹›pa-patattriṇÄm
vada naḥ sarga-saá¹vyÅ«haá¹
gÄrbha-sveda-dvijodbhidÄm

 tiryak - subhuman; mÄnuá¹£a - human beings; devÄnÄm - of the superhuman beings, or demigods; sarÄ«sá¹›pa - reptiles; patattriṇÄm - of the birds; vada - kindly describe; naḥ - unto me; sarga - generation; saá¹vyÅ«ham - specific divisions; gÄrbha - embryonic; sveda - perspiration; dvija - twice-born; udbhidÄm - of the planets, etc.


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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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