Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 11, Shloka 3
Adhyaya 11 — The Son’s Discourse on Embryogenesis, Birth, and the Wheel of Saṃsāra
पेष्यां यथाणुबीजं स्यादङ्कुरस्तद्वदुच्यते ।
अङ्गानां च तथोत्पत्तिः पञ्चानामनुभागशः ॥
peṣyāṃ yathāṇubījaṃ syād aṅkuras tadvad ucyate | aṅgānāṃ ca tathotpattiḥ pañcānām anubhāgaśaḥ ||
ਜਿਵੇਂ ‘ਪੇਸ਼ੀ’ ਵਿੱਚ ਟਿਕਿਆ ਨਿੱਕਾ ਬੀਜ ਅੰਕੁਰ ਬਣ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ—ਇਉਂ ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ; ਓਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਪੰਜ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਵਿਭਾਜਨ ਵਿੱਚ ਅੰਗਾਂ ਦੀ ਉਤਪੱਤੀ ਕ੍ਰਮਵਾਰ, ਹਿੱਸਾ ਹਿੱਸਾ ਹੋ ਕੇ ਹੁੰਦੀ ਹੈ।
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FAQs
Human form is depicted as an emergent process rather than an instant creation, fostering humility and awareness of interdependence (many parts arising through ordered development).
Again, a sarga-like explanatory mode applied to individual formation; pedagogical cosmology at the micro-level.
The sprout analogy points to latent potential (bīja) unfolding under conditions—mirroring how latent karmic impressions manifest as faculties and capacities.