Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 95
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
अवरोहणीं च सम्प्राप्य पूर्ववद्यान्ति मानवाः ।
एतत्ते सर्वमाख्यातं यथा जन्तुर्विपद्यते ।
अतः शृणुष्व विप्रर्षे यथा गर्भं प्रपद्यते ॥
avarohiṇīṃ ca samprāpya pūrvavad yānti mānavāḥ | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ yathā jantur vipadyate | ataḥ śṛṇuṣva viprarṣe yathā garbhaṃ prapadyate ||
अवरोह-मार्ग को प्राप्त होकर मनुष्य पूर्ववत् चलते हैं। यह सब तुम्हें कहा गया—जीव कैसे पतन को प्राप्त होता है। अब, हे ब्रह्मर्षि, सुनो कि वह गर्भ में कैसे प्रवेश करता है।
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FAQs
The text pivots from outcomes (death/afterlife) to origins (conception), underscoring saṃsāra as a continuous causal chain; understanding the chain is meant to motivate dharmic restraint and higher aims.
Instructional/dharma-knowledge segment; it prepares for a ‘sarga-like’ micro-account (formation of the body) though not cosmic sarga proper.
‘Descent’ and ‘entry into the womb’ can be read as the jīva’s contraction into limitation—consciousness taking on name-and-form under prior impressions (vāsanā).