तिरश्चामष्टम: सर्ग: सोऽष्टाविंशद्विधो मत: । अविदो भूरितमसो घ्राणज्ञा ह्यद्यवेदिन: ॥ २१ ॥
tirascam astamah sargah so ’stavimsad-vidho matah avido bhuri-tamaso ghrana-jna hrdy avedinah
- tirascam
- species of lower animals
- astamah
- the eighth
- sargah
- creation
- sah
- they are
- astavimsat
- twenty-eight
- vidhah
- varieties
- matah
- considered
- avidah
- without knowledge of tomorrow
- bhuri
- extensively
- tamasah
- ignorant
- ghrana-jnah
- can know desirables by smell
- hrdi avedinah
- can remember very little in the heart.
The eighth creation is that of the lower species of life, and they are of different varieties, numbering twenty-eight. They are all extensively foolish and ignorant. They know their desirables by smell, but are unable to remember anything within the heart.