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 ||
ਇੱਥੇ ਨਾ ‘ਮੂੰਹ’ ਹੈ, ਨਾ ‘ਜੀਭ’—ਲਾਲ ਹੋਠ ਆਦਿ ਨਾਲ ਜਿਹੜੇ ਦੇਹਕ ਉਪਕਰਣ ਕਹੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ, ਉਹ ਉੱਥੇ ਲਾਗੂ ਨਹੀਂ ਹੁੰਦੇ। ਉਸ ਸੰਦਰਭ ਵਿੱਚ ਇੰਦਰ, ਵਸੂ, ਬ੍ਰਹਮਾ ਅਤੇ ਚੰਦਰ-ਸੂਰਜ ਵੀ ਕੇਵਲ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼-ਮਾਤ੍ਰ (ਆਧਾਰਿਤ ਤੇਜ) ਹਨ।
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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.