Shloka 18
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
तस्य चाकथयत् प्रीत्या यन्मुनिर्भृगुनन्दनः ।
तत्ते प्रकथयिष्यामः शृणु त्वं द्विजसत्तम ॥
tasya cākathayat prītyā yan munir bhṛgunandanaḥ | tat te prakathayiṣyāmaḥ śṛṇu tvaṃ dvijasattama ||
यच्च तं मुनिः भृगुवंशहर्षः स्नेहेनावदत्—तदिदानीं वयं ते वक्ष्यामः। शृणु, हे द्विजश्रेष्ठ।
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FAQs
True teaching is not only accurate but benevolent: prīti (goodwill) is presented as a legitimate tone for transmitting sacred knowledge, countering harshness or pride.
Paramparā-introduction: it establishes the r̥ṣi-chain through which pañcalakṣaṇa content will be delivered.
‘Bhṛgu’s descendant’ evokes tapas and fiery insight associated with Bhṛgu’s line; the suggestion is that the coming doctrine is ‘ripened’ by ascetic heat and then softened by compassion.