Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
प्रलयस्यानु तेनेदं व्याप्तमासीदशेषतः ।
गुणसाम्यात्ततस्तस्मात् क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितान्मुने ॥
pralayasyānu tenedaṃ vyāptam āsīd aśeṣataḥ | guṇasāmyāt tatas tasmāt kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitān mune ||
ಪ್ರಳಯಾನಂತರ ಈ ಸಮಸ್ತ ಜಗತ್ತು ಆ ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತ ತತ್ತ್ವದಿಂದ ಸಂಪೂರ್ಣವಾಗಿ ವ್ಯಾಪ್ತವಾಯಿತು. ನಂತರ, ಹೇ ಮುನೇ, ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರಜ್ಞನ (ಕ್ಷೇತ್ರದ ಜ್ಞಾತ) ಅಧಿಷ್ಠಾನ-ಸನ್ನಿಧಿಯಲ್ಲಿ ಗುಣಗಳ ಸಾಮ್ಯಾವಸ್ಥೆಯಿಂದ ಸೃಷ್ಟಿ ಪ್ರವೃತ್ತವಾಗುತ್ತದೆ.
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The verse frames creation as beginning when latent nature (with guṇas in equilibrium) is ‘activated’ under the witnessing/presiding consciousness (kṣetrajña). Ethically, it underlines that change arises from conditions; the seer (awareness) is distinct from the changing field.
Primarily Sarga (primary creation) stated against the backdrop of Pralaya (dissolution), describing the pre-creation condition and the trigger for emanation.
Guṇa-equilibrium symbolizes undifferentiated potential; the ‘presiding’ kṣetrajña points to consciousness as the illuminator/condition for manifestation, echoing Sāṅkhya-Yoga metaphysics.