Shloka 70
Yoga-Sleep, Cosmic Dissolution, and the Lotus of Creation
with Mārkaṇḍeya’s Vision
न चैव कश्चिदव्यक्तं व्यक्तो वेदितुमर्हति । कश्चैष पुरुषो नाम किं योगः कश्च योगवान्
na caiva kaścidavyaktaṃ vyakto veditumarhati | kaścaiṣa puruṣo nāma kiṃ yogaḥ kaśca yogavān
ಮತ್ತು ಯಾವುದೇ ವ್ಯಕ್ತ ಸತ್ತ್ವವೂ ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತವನ್ನು ತಿಳಿಯಲು ಅರ್ಹವಲ್ಲ. ಹಾಗಾದರೆ ‘ಪುರುಷ’ ಎಂದು ಕರೆಯಲ್ಪಡುವ ಈತನು ಯಾರು? ಯೋಗವೆಂದರೆ ಏನು, ಯೋಗವಾನ್ (ಯೋಗಿ) ಯಾರು?
Uncertain from single-verse context (likely within a Pulastya–Bhīṣma dialogue in Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa)
Concept: The Unmanifest cannot be grasped by ordinary manifest cognition; one must approach through disciplined yoga and revelation to understand Puruṣa.
Application: Cultivate humility in knowledge: accept limits of sense-based certainty; study śāstra, practice meditation, and seek guidance from realized teachers rather than speculation alone.
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Visual Art Cues: {"scene_description":"A questioning sage stands at the edge of a dark, mirror-like cosmic ocean, gazing into a veil of mist where forms dissolve into formlessness. Above, a faint, transcendent silhouette of the Supreme Person is hinted only by a luminous outline and the suggestion of conch and discus—inviting inquiry rather than offering full visibility.","primary_figures":["Inquiring sage (unnamed)","Nārāyaṇa as Puruṣa (veiled/implicit)"],"setting":"Threshold scene: shoreline of the Ekārṇava with a misty curtain separating manifest world from the unmanifest.","lighting_mood":"forest dappled","color_palette":["mist white","charcoal black","sapphire blue","pale gold","smoky lavender"],"tanjore_prompt":"Tanjore painting style: a sage in reverent inquiry at the ocean’s edge, hands in añjali; behind a translucent veil, a gold-leaf aura suggests Nārāyaṇa’s presence with conch/discus motifs; rich ornamental borders, gem-like highlights, and traditional iconographic geometry emphasizing the unknowable avyakta.","pahari_prompt":"Pahari miniature style: delicate sage figure with refined expression of wonder, standing before a misty expanse; the divine hinted through soft luminous gradients and minimal iconographic cues; cool mountain-like palette and lyrical negative space to convey the unmanifest.","kerala_mural_prompt":"Kerala mural style: bold-outlined sage and a large, partially veiled Vishnu aura; stylized mist patterns as repeating motifs; natural pigments with strong contrasts, temple-wall symmetry, and expressive eyes conveying philosophical inquiry.","pichwai_prompt":"Pichwai cloth painting style: central sage framed by intricate floral borders; a circular veil-mandala with conch/discus motifs suggests the Puruṣa beyond sight; deep blue ground with gold and white detailing, lotus motifs used as symbols of emergence from the unmanifest."}
Audio Atmosphere: {"recitation_mood":"narrative","suggested_raga":"Desh","pace":"moderate-narrative","voice_tone":"authoritative","sound_elements":["soft bell punctuations","tanpura drone","pages/rosary beads faintly","quiet wind","silence between questions"]}
Sandhi Resolution Notes: च+एव → चैव; कश्चित्+अव्यक्तम् → कश्चिदव्यक्तम् (त्+अ → द); वेदितुम्+अर्हति → वेदितुमर्हति; कः+च+एषः → कश्चैष (विसर्ग/श्च-संधि); कः+च → कश्च.
FAQs
It stresses the epistemic limit of ordinary, conditioned (vyakta) perception: the Unmanifest principle is not grasped as an object by normal sensory-intellectual means, implying the need for a higher discipline or realization.
Puruṣa commonly denotes the Supreme Person or the inner conscious principle (Self) distinct from manifest nature; the verse frames it as a doctrinal question inviting a formal definition.
Yoga is presented as the means or state connected with realizing higher truth, while yogavān is the one who possesses that discipline/realization—i.e., a practitioner or realized yogin capable of approaching what the manifest mind cannot.