Shloka 32

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

Sanskrit

प्रधानं कारणं यत्तदव्यक्ताख्यं महर्षयः ।

यदाहुः प्रकृतिं सूक्ष्मां नित्यां सदसदात्मिकाम् ॥

Transliteration

pradhānaṃ kāraṇaṃ yat tad avyakta-ākhyaṃ maharṣayaḥ |

yad āhuḥ prakṛtiṃ sūkṣmāṃ nityāṃ sad-asad-ātmikām ||

Translation

Aquele princípio causal chamado Pradhāna—também denominado o Não Manifesto—que os grandes sábios descrevem como Prakṛti: sutil, eterno e de natureza tanto do ser quanto do não-ser.

Speakers

• Narrator-speaker presenting Sāṅkhya terminology as received from sages

Key Themes

• Prakṛti
• Avyakta
• Pradhāna
• Causality
• Sāṅkhya metaphysics