Shloka 54
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
द्विगुणस्तु ततश्चाग्निः स शब्दस्पर्शरूपवान् ।
शब्दः स्पर्शश्च रूपञ्च रस मात्रं समाविशत् ॥
dviguṇastu tataścāgniḥ sa śabdasparśarūpavān / śabdaḥ sparśaśca rūpañca rasamātraṃ samāviśat
次いで火（agni）が生じ、音・触・色（形相）の性質を具する。音・触・色は、ただ味（rasa）の微細元素の中へと入り込んだ。
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FAQs
Fire is presented as a further concretization where visibility (rūpa) is prominent, and the chain moves toward taste (rasa). The teaching is that the world of distinct sensations is architected—each layer conditions the next—so one can reverse-trace experience to subtler causes.
Sarga: a step in the progressive manifestation of the gross elements from subtle potentials.
Agni symbolizes transformative power (digestion, perception, discrimination). The movement into rasa suggests that transformation culminates in ‘sap/essence’—experience becomes internalized as relish/assimilation, not merely contact or sight.