Shloka 61

Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation

Sanskrit

एकसङ्घातचिह्नाश्च संप्राप्यैक्यमशेषतः ।

पुरुषाधिष्ठितत्वाच्च अव्यक्तानुग्रहेण च ॥

Transliteration

ekasaṅghātacihnāśca saṃprāpyaikyamaśeṣataḥ / puruṣādhiṣṭhitatvācca avyaktānugraheṇa ca

Translation

एकाच समुच्चयाचे लक्षण धारण करून, पूर्ण एकत्व प्राप्त करून, आणि पुरुषाच्या अधिष्ठानामुळे तसेच अव्यक्ताच्या अनुग्रह-समर्थनामुळे,

Word by Word

• eka-saṅghāta-cihnāḥ: bearing the sign of a single aggregate
• eka-saṅghāta-cihnāḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + saṅghāta (प्रातिपदिक) + cihna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास (determinative: 'having the mark of one aggregation'), पुल्लिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying implied 'te')

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• saṃprāpya: having attained
• saṃprāpya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sam-pra-āp (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (absolutive), उपसर्गः—सम् + प्र; अर्थः—प्राप्य (having attained)

• aikyam: unity, oneness
• aikyam: Karma (कर्म/object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aikya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• aśeṣataḥ: completely
• aśeṣataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣatas (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकार/परिमाणवाचक (adverb: completely, without remainder)

• puruṣa-adhiṣṭhitatvāt: because of being presided over by the Puruṣa
• puruṣa-adhiṣṭhitatvāt: Hetu (हेतु/cause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: puruṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + adhiṣṭhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक) + -tva (प्रत्यय)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/अपादान-हेतु), एकवचन; भाववाचक-तद्धित/प्रत्ययान्त (abstract noun: -त्व)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• avyakta-anugraheṇa: by the favor of the Unmanifest (Prakṛti)
• avyakta-anugraheṇa: Karaṇa (करण/instrumental means)
• Type: Noun
• Root: avyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + anugraha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (anugraha of the Unmanifest), पुल्लिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speakers

• Narrative discourse within cosmological teaching (frame-speaker not explicit in the given excerpt)

Verse Rasa

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "bhakti", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Primary Deities

• Puruṣa (cosmic person / consciousness principle)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Puruṣa-Prakṛti coordination
• Unmanifest (avyakta)
• Aggregation into cosmic body

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The cosmos is not merely material aggregation; it requires an ordering presence (puruṣa) and an originating ground (avyakta). The lesson: structure and meaning arise when raw potential is guided by consciousness and principle.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Sarga: it describes the enabling conditions of creation—presidency (adhiṣṭhāna) and the role of the unmanifest source.

What is the esoteric significance?

Puruṣa as ‘presider’ suggests the witness-consciousness that can unify the psyche; avyakta as the deep causal store. Spiritual integration occurs when the witness steadies and the causal tendencies are purified/supportive.