Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 45, Shloka 39
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
महताचावृतः सोऽपि यथाव्यरक्तेन वै महान् ।
भूतादिस्तु विकुर्वाणः शब्दतन्मात्रकन्ततः ॥
mahatā cāvṛtaḥ so 'pi yathāvyaraktena vai mahān | bhūtādis tu vikurvāṇaḥ śabdatanmātrakam tataḥ ||
वह अहंकार भी महत् से आच्छादित रहता है, जैसे महत् अव्यक्त से आच्छादित है। फिर भूतादि (तामस अहंकार) परिवर्तन होकर शब्द-तन्मात्रा को उत्पन्न करता है।
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FAQs
The world is explained as a cascade from subtle to gross. Since sound is first among tanmātras, disciplined speech (satya, hita) is implicitly elevated as foundational to order.
Sarga: continues the emanation chain into tanmātras, beginning with śabda.
Sound as the first subtle element resonates with mantra-doctrine: vibration precedes form. The ‘coverings’ suggest that gross perception is layered over subtler realities.