Adhyaya 77 — Sanjna’s Withdrawal from Surya: The Birth of Yama and Yamuna, and the Emergence of Chhaya
षट्सप्ततितमः सप्तसप्ततितमोऽध्यायः- ७७
मārkaṇḍeya uvāca
मार्तण्ड रस्यवेर्भार्या तनया विश्वकर्मणः ।
संज्ञा नाम महाभाग तस्यां भानुरजीजनत् ॥
ṣaṭsaptatitamaḥ saptasaptatitamo 'dhyāyaḥ- 77 mārkaṇḍeya uvāca mārtaṇḍa rasyaverbhāryā tanayā viśvakarmaṇaḥ / saṃjñā nāma mahābhāga tasyāṃ bhānur ajījanat
মাৰ্কণ্ডেয় ক’লে—হে মহাভাগ! বিশ্বকৰ্মাৰ কন্যা ‘সঞ্জ্ঞা’ নামে মাৰ্তণ্ড (সূৰ্য)ৰ পত্নী হ’ল। তেওঁৰ গৰ্ভত ভানু (সূৰ্য)য়ে সন্ততি উৎপন্ন কৰিলে।
The Purāṇa grounds cosmic governance (Manu) in a sacred genealogy: social and cosmic order are traced back to luminous, intelligible principles symbolized by the Sun.
Vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita: it introduces the lineage (Solar line) that produces Vaivasvata Manu.
Saṃjñā (‘cognition/recognition’) joined to the Sun suggests that lawful order arises when illumination (Sūrya) is paired with right perception (saṃjñā).