SB 3.7.27
TEXT 27
- 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 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.