Bhaktivedanta VedaBase: Śrīmad Bhāgavatam 3.7.27

tiryań-mānuṣa-devānāḿ

sarīsṛpa-patattriṇām

vada naḥ sarga-saḿvyūhaḿ

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; saḿvyūham — 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.

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