Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
एकसङ्घातचिह्नाश्च संप्राप्यैक्यमशेषतः ।
पुरुषाधिष्ठितत्वाच्च अव्यक्तानुग्रहेण च ॥
ekasaṅghātacihnāśca saṃprāpyaikyamaśeṣataḥ / puruṣādhiṣṭhitatvācca avyaktānugraheṇa ca
ஒரே தொகுதியின் அடையாளத்தைத் தாங்கி, முழுமையாக ஒன்றுமையடைந்து, புருஷன் தலைமை தாங்குவதாலும், அவ்யக்தத்தின் அருளால் ஆதரிக்கப்படுவதாலும்,
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The cosmos is not merely material aggregation; it requires an ordering presence (puruṣa) and an originating ground (avyakta). The lesson: structure and meaning arise when raw potential is guided by consciousness and principle.
Sarga: it describes the enabling conditions of creation—presidency (adhiṣṭhāna) and the role of the unmanifest source.
Puruṣa as ‘presider’ suggests the witness-consciousness that can unify the psyche; avyakta as the deep causal store. Spiritual integration occurs when the witness steadies and the causal tendencies are purified/supportive.