Shloka 50
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
Sanskrit
एकादशं मनस्तत्र देवा वैकारिका: स्मृता: ।
श्रोत्रं त्वक्चक्षुषी जिह्वा नासिका चैव पञ्चमी ॥
Transliteration
ekādaśaṃ manastatra devā vaikārikāḥ smṛtāḥ / śrotaṃ tvakcakṣuṣī jihvā nāsikā caiva pañcamī
Translation
तत्र मन एकादशं स्मृतम्; तस्याध्यक्षदेवताः वैकारिकाः स्मृताः। ज्ञानेंद्रियाणि—श्रोत्रं त्वक् चक्षुषी जिह्वा घ्राणं च पञ्चमम्॥
Speakers
Not explicitly indicated in the provided excerpt (cosmology narration within the Purāṇic discourse)
Primary Deities
Presiding deities of mind and senses (collective reference)
Key ThemesCosmologySāṅkhyaManasJñānendriyasSarga