Shloka 55
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
तस्माच्चतुर्गुणा ह्यापो विज्ञेयास्ता रसात्मिकाः ।
शब्दः स्पर्शश्च रूपञ्च रसो गन्धं समाविशत् ॥
tasmāccaturguṇā hyāpo vijñeyāstā rasātmikāḥ / śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpañca raso gandhaṃ samāviśat
Karena itu, air harus dipahami memiliki empat sifat, dengan rasa sebagai hakikatnya. Bunyi, sentuhan, rupa, dan rasa masuk bertahap ke dalam bau, menjadi unsur penyebabnya.
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FAQs
The verse teaches a graded ontology: subtler sensory potentials (sound, touch, form, taste) are progressively included as the elements become ‘denser,’ culminating toward smell. Ethically, it supports discernment (viveka): the experienced world is a composite of qualities, not an ultimate self.
Sarga (primary creation): it describes the constitution of the elements and the sequential emergence of sensory qualities (tanmātras/guṇas) in the created order.
The ‘entry’ (anupraveśa) of qualities implies interpenetration: gross experience is layered with subtler principles. In inner practice, it hints that sense-fields can be traced back (pratyāhāra-like) from gross to subtle, reversing the outward-moving creation sequence.