Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam 3.12.46
मज्जाया: पङ्क्तिरुत्पन्ना बृहती प्राणतोऽभवत् ॥ ४६ ॥
majjāyāḥ paṅktir utpannā
[majjaayaah panktir utpannaa]
bṛhatī prāṇato ’bhavat
[brihatee praanato ’bhavat]
Word-for-word
majjāyāḥ
—
from the bone marrow
paṅktiḥ
—
a particular type of verse
utpannā
—
became manifested
bṛhatī
—
another type of verse
prāṇataḥ
—
out of the life-breathing
abhavat
—
generated.
Blended reading (Sanskrit + English inline)
majjāyāḥ paṅktir utpannā
majjāyāḥ
from the bone marrow
paṅktiḥ
a particular type of verse
utpannā
became manifested
bṛhatī prāṇato ’bhavat
bṛhatī
another type of verse
prāṇataḥ
out of the life-breathing
abhavat
generated.
The art of writing verse, paṅkti, became manifested from the bone marrow, and that of bṛhatī, another type of verse, was generated from the life-breath of the lord of the living entities.
Gauḍīya Ācāryas
Viśvanātha Cakravartī Ṭhākura
Gauḍīya
Translation
Paṅki (40 syllables) arose from his marrow and bṛhatī meter (36 syllables) arose from his prāṇa.
Personal Guidance
Paṅkti came from bone marrow, bṛhatī from life-breath. The deepest interior and the active prāṇa both generate poetry. The most hidden and the most vital parts of us hold meters waiting to be heard.
Reflection Questions
- What in my marrow — buried, deep, unspoken — wants to become a verse?
- How is my breath itself shaping the rhythm of what I create?
My note
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