Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 45, Shloka 37
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
यथा बीजं त्वचा तद्वदव्यक्तेनावृतो महान् ।
सात्त्विको राजसश्चैव तामसश्च त्रिधोदितः ॥
yathā bījaṃ tvacā tadvad avyaktenāvṛto mahān | sāttviko rājasaś caiva tāmasaś ca tridhoditaḥ ||
जैसे बीज अपने छिलके से ढका रहता है, वैसे ही महत् तत्त्व अव्यक्त से आच्छादित है। और वह (महत्) तीन प्रकार का कहा गया है—सात्त्विक, राजस और तामस।
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FAQs
The seed metaphor teaches that manifest intelligence is still conditioned by the unmanifest matrix; likewise, human cognition is shaped by guṇas. Ethical cultivation involves increasing sattva to clarify perception and action.
Sarga: explains differentiation within the first evolute (Mahat) through the three guṇas.
The ‘covering’ implies veiling (āvaraṇa): reality is present but obscured. Spiritual practice is portrayed as removing coverings so the inner intelligence reflects consciousness without distortion.