Shloka 35

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

Sanskrit

प्रलयस्यानु तेनेदं व्याप्तमासीदशेषतः ।

गुणसाम्यात्ततस्तस्मात् क्षेत्रज्ञाधिष्ठितान्मुने ॥

Transliteration

pralayasyānu tenedaṃ vyāptam āsīd aśeṣataḥ | guṇasāmyāt tatas tasmāt kṣetrajñādhiṣṭhitān mune ||

Translation

ପ୍ରଳୟ ପରେ ଏହି ସମଗ୍ର ଜଗତ ସେହି ଅବ୍ୟକ୍ତ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱଦ୍ୱାରା ସମ୍ପୂର୍ଣ୍ଣ ଭାବେ ବ୍ୟାପ୍ତ ହୋଇଥିଲା। ପରେ, ହେ ମୁନି, କ୍ଷେତ୍ରଜ୍ଞ (କ୍ଷେତ୍ରର ଜ୍ଞାତା)ଙ୍କ ଅଧ୍ୟକ୍ଷ ସନ୍ନିଧିରେ ଗୁଣମାନଙ୍କ ସାମ୍ୟାବସ୍ଥାରୁ ସୃଷ୍ଟି ପ୍ରବର୍ତ୍ତେ।

Word by Word

• pralayasya: of dissolution
• pralayasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pralaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• anu: after
• anu: Kāla/Anukrama (काल/अनुक्रम)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anu (अव्यय)
• Form: Preposition/particle (उपसर्ग/निपात) used adverbially: 'after, following'

• tena: by that
• tena: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• idam: this (universe)
• idam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• vyāptam: pervaded
• vyāptam: Karmaṇi-bhāva / Predicative (कर्मणि-भाव)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √āp (आप्) + vi- (उपसर्ग) → vyāpta (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/कृत्), Neuter (नपुंसक), Nominative (प्रथमा), Singular; used predicatively with 'āsīt'

• āsīt: was
• āsīt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √as (अस्)
• Form: Imperfect (लङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• aśeṣataḥ: completely
• aśeṣataḥ: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + tas (तस्-प्रत्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण) formed with -tas: 'entirely, without remainder'

• guṇa-sāmyāt: from the equilibrium of the guṇas
• guṇa-sāmyāt: Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: guṇa (प्रातिपदिक) + sāmya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसक), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन); षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: 'guṇānāṃ sāmyam' (equilibrium of the guṇas)

• tataḥ: then
• tataḥ: Kāla/Deśa (काल/देश)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatas (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण): 'then/from there'

• tasmāt: from that
• tasmāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter (पुं/नपुं), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• kṣetrajña-adhiṣṭhitāt: from that which is presided over by the kṣetrajña
• kṣetrajña-adhiṣṭhitāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kṣetrajña (प्रातिपदिक) + adhiṣṭhita (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक, √sthā with adhi-)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसक), Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; तत्पुरुष: 'kṣetrajñena adhiṣṭhitam' = 'presided over by the knower of the field'

• mune: O sage
• mune: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

Speakers

• Not specified in the provided extract (cosmology passage within the Purāṇic narration)

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sāṅkhya
• Pralaya
• Guṇas
• Puruṣa–Prakṛti

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

The verse frames creation as beginning when latent nature (with guṇas in equilibrium) is ‘activated’ under the witnessing/presiding consciousness (kṣetrajña). Ethically, it underlines that change arises from conditions; the seer (awareness) is distinct from the changing field.

How does this fit the Pancalakṣaṇa (5 characteristics)?

Primarily Sarga (primary creation) stated against the backdrop of Pralaya (dissolution), describing the pre-creation condition and the trigger for emanation.

What is the esoteric significance?

Guṇa-equilibrium symbolizes undifferentiated potential; the ‘presiding’ kṣetrajña points to consciousness as the illuminator/condition for manifestation, echoing Sāṅkhya-Yoga metaphysics.