Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 27
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
विज्ञाते यत्र सर्वोऽयमृग्यजुः सामसंज्ञितः ।
क्रियाकलापो विगुणो न सम्यक् प्रतिभाति मे ॥
vijñāte yatra sarvo 'yam ṛg-yajuḥ sāma-saṃjñitaḥ /
kriyā-kalāpo viguṇo na samyak pratibhāti me
Where that truth is known—by which this whole body of ritual action called Ṛg, Yajus, and Sāman is understood—there, this ritual complex seems to me devoid of ultimate merit and does not appear fully adequate.
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FAQs
Ritual has a place within dharma, but after awakening to the highest truth, ritual action is seen as incapable of granting final liberation; knowledge becomes primary.
This is a mokṣa-oriented doctrinal passage (upabṛṃhaṇa) rather than a five-lakṣaṇa topic.
The shift from external ‘kriyā’ to internal ‘jñāna’ indicates the movement from pravṛtti (outward engagement) to nivṛtti (inward freedom).