Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 23, Shloka 41
Adhyaya 23 — Ashvatara’s Vow for Madalasa and the Bestowal of Musical Science by Sarasvati
न चास्ये न च तज्जिह्वा ताम्रोष्ठादिभिरुच्यते ।
इन्द्रोऽपि वसवो ब्रह्मा चन्द्रार्कौ ज्योतिरेव च ॥
na cāsye na ca taj-jihvā tāmroṣṭhādibhir ucyate | indro 'pi vasavo brahmā candrārkau jyotir eva ca ||
ဤနေရာ၌ ‘ပါးစပ်’ မရှိ၊ အနီရောင်နှုတ်ခမ်း စသဖြင့် ပြောဆိုသကဲ့သို့ ‘လျှာ’ လည်း မရှိ (အမြင့်ဆုံး သတ္တဝါတရား၌ ကိုယ်ခန္ဓာကိရိယာကို မသတ်မှတ်နိုင်)။ ထိုအရာအပေါ်၌ အိန္ဒြ၊ ဝါစုများ၊ ဗြဟ္မာ၊ လနှင့် နေတို့ပင် အလင်းတည်းဟူသော (အလင်း၏ အလင်း) သာ ဖြစ်ကြသည်။
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FAQs
Ultimate reality cannot be reduced to physical imagery; even the greatest gods are secondary manifestations. Ethically, it discourages superficial literalism and supports a deeper, more contemplative devotion.
Not a pancalakṣaṇa narrative unit; it is a doctrinal/theological passage that can undergird any creation or deity-hierarchy account by asserting a supreme source beyond form.
By negating mouth/tongue, the hymn points beyond articulated mantra to its silent source; ‘all are light’ suggests that deities and luminaries are rays of the one Śakti-consciousness.