Shloka 53

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

Sanskrit

द्विगुणो जायते वायुः तस्य स्पर्शो गुणो मतः ।

रूपन्तथैवाविशतः शब्दस्पर्शगुणावुभौ ॥

Transliteration

dviguṇo jāyate vāyustasya sparśo guṇo mataḥ / rūpantathaivāviśataḥ śabdasparśaguṇāvubhau

Translation

वायुः द्विगुणः संजायते; तस्य गुणः स्पर्श इति परिकीर्तितः। ततः रूपमपि प्रविष्टं, यथा शब्दस्पर्शौभयगुणं भवेत्॥

Speakers

• Not explicitly indicated in the provided excerpt (cosmology narration within the Purāṇic discourse)

Key Themes

• Cosmology
• Sāṅkhya
• Mahābhūtas
• Guṇa layering (sound, touch, form)
• Sarga