Shloka 37
Adhyaya 81 — Suratha and Samadhi Seek Sage Medhas; Introduction to Mahamaya and the Madhukaitabha Origin Account
ज्ञानं च तन्मनुष्याणां यत्तेषां मृगृपक्षिणाम् ।
मनुष्याणां च यत्तेषां तुल्यमन्यत्तथोभयोः ॥
jñānaṃ ca tan manuṣyāṇāṃ yat teṣāṃ mṛgṛ-pakṣiṇām / manuṣyāṇāṃ ca yat teṣāṃ tulyam anyat tathobhayoḥ
«Parte del conocimiento que tienen los humanos es el mismo que el de las bestias y las aves; y parte del que ellas tienen es el mismo que el de los humanos. Pero hay otro conocimiento que difiere de ambos.»
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FAQs
Cognition is partly shared (basic drives, learning, fear, care) and partly specialized; therefore, moral responsibility includes understanding common sentience while acknowledging different capacities.
Upadeśa within the Māhātmya’s discourse; it is not a sarga/pratisarga/manvantara/vaṃśa/vaṃśānucarita unit.
It points to graded manifestation of buddhi according to embodiment. The ‘same and different’ pattern echoes sāṃkhya-like analysis: guṇas configure cognition, producing overlap and divergence.