Shloka 70
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
अन्योन्यमावृत्य च ता अष्टौ प्रकृतयः स्थिताः ।
एषा सा प्रकृतिर्नित्या यदन्तः पुरुषश्च सः ॥
anyonyam āvṛtya ca tā aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ sthitāḥ | eṣā sā prakṛtir nityā yad antaḥ puruṣaś ca saḥ
متراكبةً بعضُها على بعضٍ، تقيمُ تلكَ البركرتياتُ الثمانُ. هذه هي البركرتي الأزلية؛ وأمّا ما في الباطن فهو البوروشا (Puruṣa).
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FAQs
Discernment (viveka) is implied: the eternal Prakṛti is the field of coverings, while the Puruṣa is the inner witness; confusion between them is the root of bondage.
Sarga with philosophical framing: it explains the principles underlying creation (tattva-śāstra within cosmogenesis).
‘Mutual covering’ points to layered ignorance (āvaraṇa) in the individual as well—prakṛti’s strata conceal puruṣa until insight reverses the covering.