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Shloka 59

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

गुणं पूर्वस्य पूर्वस्य प्राप्नुवन्त्युत्तरॊत्तरम् ।

नानावीऱ्याः पृथग्भूताḥ सप्तैते संहतिं विना ॥

guṇaṃ pūrvasya pūrvasya prāpnuvantyuttarottaram / nānāvīryāḥ pṛthagbhūtāḥ saptaite saṃhatiṃ vinā

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guṇamquality
guṇam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootguṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular
pūrvasyaof the preceding
pūrvasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular; ‘of the prior (one)’
pūrvasyaof the preceding (each)
pūrvasya:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeAdjective
Rootpūrva (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Genitive (षष्ठी) Singular; repetition for distributive sense ‘each preceding’
prāpnuvantiattain; obtain
prāpnuvanti:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootpra + āp (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्/Present), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष) Plural
uttara-uttaramsuccessively; each following
uttara-uttaram:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootuttara + uttara (प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyayībhāva used adverbially; accusative singular form functioning as adverb: ‘successively, each following’
nānā-vīryāḥof various powers
nānā-vīryāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootnānā (अव्यय) + vīrya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural; tatpuruṣa ‘of various powers/energies’ qualifying ete
pṛthak-bhūtāḥseparated; distinct
pṛthak-bhūtāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootpṛthak (अव्यय) + bhūta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPast passive participle (क्त) with avyaya-prefix; Masculine Nominative Plural; ‘become separate’ qualifying ete
saptaseven
sapta:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootsapta (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
FormNumeral used adjectivally; Masculine Nominative Plural (agreeing with ete)
etethese
ete:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative (प्रथमा) Plural; ‘these’
saṃhatimunion; aggregation
saṃhatim:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootsaṃhati (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Accusative (द्वितीया) Singular
vināwithout
vinā:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Prepositional)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootvinā (अव्यय)
FormPreposition-like indeclinable (उपपद/निपात) governing accusative: ‘without’
Narrative discourse within cosmological teaching (frame-speaker not explicit in the given excerpt)

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

CosmologySequential inherence of qualitiesSeven principles (context-dependent enumeration)Need for combination for manifest creation

FAQs

Power in isolation does not yield a living world; integration is required. On the human plane, capacities (knowledge, effort, resources) bear fruit only when harmonized.

Sarga: it describes the mechanics of primary creation—how successive evolutes inherit prior attributes and why mere plurality without conjunction cannot generate beings.

The ‘seven’ can be contemplated as fundamental building blocks that must be unified under a higher organizing principle; spiritually, scattered faculties must be gathered (saṃhati) for realization.