Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 47, Shloka 16
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
अविद्या पञ्चपर्वैषा प्रादुर्भूता महात्मनः ।
पञ्चधावस्थितः सर्गो ध्यायतोऽप्रतिबोधवान् ॥
avidyā pañcaparvaiṣā prādurbhūtā mahātmanaḥ /
pañcadhāvasthitaḥ sargo dhyāyato 'pratibodhavān
পাঁচ ‘গ্রন্থি’ (বিভাগ) বিশিষ্ট এই অবিদ্যা সেই মহাসত্তা থেকে প্রকাশ পেল; আর তিনি যখন—এখনও অনাবিষ্ট/অপ্রবুদ্ধ অবস্থায়—সৃষ্টির চিন্তা করলেন, তখন সৃষ্টিও পঞ্চবিধ রূপে প্রতিষ্ঠিত হল।
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FAQs
Mere ‘thinking’ or mental activity is not identical with awakening: without true bodha, creation proceeds under the governance of avidyā; ethically, one should seek right knowledge, not only ritual or conceptualization.
Sarga: it describes the structuring principles (fivefold avidyā/creation) that condition the emergence of beings.
‘Five knots’ suggests binding points where consciousness identifies with limitation; the fivefold pattern hints at systematic veiling that later expresses as categories of beings and their instincts.