Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
महदाद्या विशेषान्ता ह्यण्डमुत्पादयन्ति ते ।
जलबुद्बुदवत्तत्र क्रमाद्वै वृद्धिमागतम् ॥
mahadādyā viśeṣāntā hyaṇḍamutpādayanti te / jalabudbudavattatra kramādvai vṛddhimāgatam
মহৎৰ পৰা আৰম্ভ কৰি বিশেষান্ত তত্ত্বসমূহে বিশ্ব-অণ্ড উৎপন্ন কৰিলে। তাত সি পানীৰ ওপৰত বুদ্বুদৰ দৰে ধীৰে ধীৰে বৃদ্ধি পালে।
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Manifestation is incremental: the world emerges through stages from cosmic intelligence down to gross particulars. This supports patience and respect for process—both in cosmology and in personal cultivation.
Sarga: the arising of the cosmic egg is a classic marker of primary creation narratives in Purāṇas.
The ‘bubble on water’ conveys fragility and contingency of manifested forms: worlds appear, expand, and can dissolve. It also hints at the contained ‘womb’ of consciousness where a cosmos can be held as a single experiential unit.