Shloka 46
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
तस्मिंस्तस्मिंस्तु तन्मात्रं तेन तन्मात्रता स्मृता ।
अविशेषवाचकत्वादविशेषास्ततः च ते ॥
tasmiṃstasmiṃstu tanmātraṃ tena tanmātratā smṛtā / aviśeṣavācakatvādaviśeṣāstataśca te
ໃນແຕ່ລະທາດ ມີທາດລະອຽດທີ່ສອດຄ່ອງກັນ; ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຈຶ່ງຖືກຈື່ຈຳວ່າ ‘ຄວາມເປັນຕັນມາຕຣະ’. ແລະເນື່ອງຈາກມັນສະແດງສິ່ງທີ່ບໍ່ຈຳແນກ (ບໍ່ແຍກຢ່າງຈົດແຈ້ງ) ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ຕັນມາຕຣະເຫຼົ່ານັ້ນຈຶ່ງຖືກເອີ້ນວ່າ ‘ບໍ່ຈຳແນກ’.
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FAQs
The verse clarifies that tanmātras are not gross, fully differentiated objects but subtle ‘mere’ potentials underlying sensory qualities. The takeaway is epistemic humility: what we grasp as definite forms rests on deeper, less differentiated strata.
Sarga: it provides the technical characterization of tanmātras used in the creation sequence.
Calling tanmātras ‘aviśeṣa’ points to a liminal zone between unmanifest and manifest—an intermediate subtlety where multiplicity is implied but not yet crystallized. Meditatively, it suggests tracing sensory experience back to its pre-conceptual seed.