Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 45, Shloka 42
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
वायुश्चापि विकुर्वाणो रूपमात्रं ससर्ज ह ।
ज्योतिरुत्पद्यते वायोस् तद्रूपगुणमुच्यते ॥
vāyuś cāpi vikurvāṇo rūpamātraṃ sasarja ha | jyotir utpadyate vāyos tad rūpaguṇam ucyate ||
वायु ने भी विकार को प्राप्त होकर रूप-तन्मात्र का सूक्ष्म तत्त्व उत्पन्न किया। वायु से ज्योति (अग्नि/प्रकाश) प्रकट होती है; उसका गुण रूप कहा गया है।
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FAQs
Visibility/form is presented as a later emergence than touch and sound, implying that what we ‘see’ is not primary reality but a derived layer—supporting humility about sense-certainty.
Sarga: outlines the sequential arising of tejas from rūpa-tanmātra in the chain of elements.
Jyotis signifies illumination—both physical light and inner discernment. Its arising after vāyu can be read as ‘regulated movement/prāṇa gives rise to inner clarity’.