Shloka 7

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

Sanskrit

प्रवृत्ते च निवृत्ते च भवतां ज्ञानकर्मणि ।

मतिमस्तमलां मन्ये यथा नान्यस्य कस्यचित् ॥

Transliteration

pravṛtte ca nivṛtte ca bhavatāṃ jñānakarmaṇi | matim as-tamalāṃ manye yathā nānyasya kasyacit ||

Translation

Dalam kedua-duanya—keterlibatan (pravṛtti) dan pengunduran (nivṛtti)—dalam pengetahuan dan tindakanmu, aku memandang pengertianmu sebagai tanpa noda, tidak seperti sesiapa pun yang lain.

Speakers

• Inquirer (Jaimini in the common frame) addressing revered Brahmins/sages

Key Themes

• Dharma
• Pravṛtti-Nivṛtti
• Karma and Jñāna
• Authority of teachers