Shloka 56
Yoga-Sleep, Cosmic Dissolution, and the Lotus of Creation
with Mārkaṇḍeya’s Vision
जिह्वारसश्च स्नेहश्च संश्रिताः सलिले गुणाः । रूपं चक्षुर्विभागश्च नेत्र ज्योतिः श्रिता गुणाः
jihvārasaśca snehaśca saṃśritāḥ salile guṇāḥ | rūpaṃ cakṣurvibhāgaśca netra jyotiḥ śritā guṇāḥ
जळामध्ये रस व स्निग्धता हे गुण आश्रित आहेत; आणि नेत्रज्योतीमध्ये रूप तसेच दृष्टीक्रियेचा विभाग हे गुण स्थित आहेत.
Unspecified (narrative exposition in Sṛṣṭikhaṇḍa context)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
Sandhi Resolution Notes: jihvārasaśca = jihvā-rasaḥ + ca; cakṣurvibhāgaśca = cakṣuḥ-vibhāgaḥ + ca.
FAQs
It maps specific sensory qualities (guṇas) to their supporting substrates—taste/unctuousness to water, and form/visual function to the luminous principle enabling sight—reflecting classical Indian element–sense correspondences.
In many Purāṇic and Sāṃkhya-style frameworks, water is the primary carrier of rasa (taste) and snigdhata/sneha (unctuousness), since liquids dissolve and convey flavour and exhibit softness/viscosity.
It indicates that seeing depends on a luminous enabling factor (jyotis/tejas principle) associated with the eye; through it, form (rūpa) and the operation of vision are apprehended.