Shloka 61

Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation

Sanskrit

एकसङ्घातचिह्नाश्च संप्राप्यैक्यमशेषतः ।

पुरुषाधिष्ठितत्वाच्च अव्यक्तानुग्रहेण च ॥

Transliteration

ekasaṅghātacihnāśca saṃprāpyaikyamaśeṣataḥ / puruṣādhiṣṭhitatvācca avyaktānugraheṇa ca

Translation

Das Kennzeichen eines einzigen Aggregats tragend, zur Einheit vollständig gelangt, und weil sie unter der Leitung des Puruṣa standen und durch die Gunst des Unmanifesten (Avyakta) getragen wurden,

Word by Word

• eka-saṅghāta-cihnāḥ: bearing the sign of a single aggregate
• eka-saṅghāta-cihnāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅghāta (प्रातिपदिक) + cihna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'having the mark of one aggregation'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied 'te')

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saṃprāpya: having attained
• saṃprāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), उपसर्गः—सम् + प्र; अर्थः—प्राप्य (having attained)

• aikyam: unity, oneness
• aikyam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aikya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• aśeṣataḥ: completely
• aśeṣataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक (adverb: completely, without remainder)

• puruṣa-adhiṣṭhitatvāt: because of being presided over by the Puruṣa
• puruṣa-adhiṣṭhitatvāt: Hetu (हेतु/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhiṣṭhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + -tva (प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान-हेतु), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धित/प्रत्ययान्त (abstract noun: -त्व)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• avyakta-anugraheṇa: by the favor of the Unmanifest (Prakṛti)
• avyakta-anugraheṇa: Karaṇa (करण/instrumental means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (anugraha of the Unmanifest), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speakers

• Narrative discourse within cosmological teaching (frame-speaker not explicit in the given excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Puruṣa (cosmic person / consciousness principle)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Puruṣa-Prakṛti coordination
• Unmanifest (avyakta)
• Aggregation into cosmic body

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The cosmos is not merely material aggregation; it requires an ordering presence (puruṣa) and an originating ground (avyakta). The lesson: structure and meaning arise when raw potential is guided by consciousness and principle.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Sarga: it describes the enabling conditions of creation—presidency (adhiṣṭhāna) and the role of the unmanifest source.

What is the esoteric significance?

Puruṣa as ‘presider’ suggests the witness-consciousness that can unify the psyche; avyakta as the deep causal store. Spiritual integration occurs when the witness steadies and the causal tendencies are purified/supportive.