Shloka 4
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
दिष्ट्या भगवता तेन मार्कण्डेयेन धीमता ।
भवन्तो वै समाख्याताः सर्वसन्देहहृत्तमाः ॥
diṣṭyā bhagavatā tena mārkaṇḍeyena dhīmatā /
bhavanto vai samākhyātāḥ sarva-sandeha-hṛt-tamāḥ
நல்ல பேறால், அந்த பாக்கியவானும் அறிவாளியுமான மார்கண்டேயர் உமக்கு முறையாக உபதேசித்தார்; அவர் எல்லாச் சந்தேகமும் இருளும் நீக்கும் வல்லவர்।
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FAQs
True teaching is measured by its capacity to remove doubt and the ‘darkness’ of confusion. The verse also highlights lineage: insight is preserved and clarified through trustworthy transmission from realized sages.
Frame-story affirmation of the narrator’s authority; not a direct five-lakṣaṇa element, but it supports the Purāṇa’s claim to reliable instruction.
‘Doubt’ and ‘darkness’ are paired as cognitive and existential obstacles. The guru’s role is not merely to add information but to dissolve obscuration, making the listener’s innate clarity operative.