Shloka 34
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
Sanskrit
अनाद्यन्तं जगद्योनिं त्रिगुणप्रभवाप्ययम् ।
असाम्प्रतमविज्ञेयं ब्रह्माग्रे समवर्तत ॥
Transliteration
anādy-antaṃ jagad-yonim tri-guṇa-prabhavāpyayam |
asāmpratam avijñeyaṃ brahmāgre samavartata ||
Translation
Tanpa permulaan dan tanpa pengakhiran, sumber alam semesta—landasan bagi kemunculan dan peleburan tiga guṇa—pada waktu itu ia tidak dapat diketahui secara langsung, dan ia wujud sebelum Brahmā.
Speakers
Narrator-speaker concluding the initial definition of the primordial cause
Primary Deities
Brahmā (as subsequent cosmic role, preceded by avyakta/prakṛti)
Key ThemesTri-guṇa doctrineBeginningless substratePre-Brahmā primordialityLimits of cognition