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SB 3.7.27

Devanāgarī

तिर्यङ्‌मानुषदेवानां सरीसृपपतत्‍त्रिणाम् । वद न: सर्गसंव्यूहं गार्भस्वेदद्विजोद्‍‌भिदाम् ॥ २७ ॥

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.

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