Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 47, Shloka 17
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
बहिरन्तश्चाप्रकाशः संवृतात्मा नगात्मकः ।
मुख्या नगा यतश्चोक्ता मुख्यसर्गस्ततस्त्वयम् ॥
bahirantaś cāprakāśaḥ saṃvṛtātmā nagātmakaḥ /
mukhyā nagā yataś coktā mukhyasargas tatas tv ayam
ਬਾਹਰੋਂ ਤੇ ਅੰਦਰੋਂ ਪ੍ਰਕਾਸ਼ ਰਹਿਤ, ਆਤਮਾ ਢੱਕੀ ਹੋਈ—ਇਹ ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ ਸਥਾਵਰ-ਸੁਭਾਵ ਦੀ ਸੀ; ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ‘ਨਾਗ’ (ਅਚਲ/ਵਨਸਪਤੀ ਜੀਵ) ਕਿਹਾ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ। ਅਤੇ ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਇਹ ‘ਨਾਗ’ ‘ਮੁੱਖ’ ਕਹੇ ਜਾਂਦੇ ਹਨ, ਇਸ ਲਈ ਇਹ ‘ਮੁੱਖ੍ਯ-ਸਰਗ’ (ਪ੍ਰਾਥਮਿਕ ਸ੍ਰਿਸ਼ਟੀ) ਕਹਲਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ।
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FAQs
When consciousness is ‘covered’ (saṃvṛta), life expresses as inertia and minimal awareness; the passage functions as a caution that tamas leads to stagnation, while clarity (prakāśa) enables higher flourishing.
Sarga: it specifies a technical subtype—mukhya-sarga (primary creation), associated with tamas-dominant, ‘immobile’ forms.
‘Outer and inner unillumined’ indicates both sensory and mental obscuration; the ‘immobile’ category symbolizes consciousness fixed in identification, prior to the emergence of more articulate, self-reflective life.