Shloka 27

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

Sanskrit

प्रणिपत्य जगद्योनिमजमव्ययमाश्रयम् ।

चराचरस्य जगतो धातारं परमं पदम् ॥

Transliteration

praṇipatya jagad-yonim ajam avyayam āśrayam |

carācarasya jagato dhātāraṃ paramaṃ padam ||

Translation

జగత్తుకు యోని/మూలమైన—అజ, అవ్యయ, శరణ్యమైనదానికి—మరియు చరాచర జగత్తును పోషించే పరమ పదానికి నమస్కరించి,

Speakers

• Narrator-speaker commencing a doctrinal exposition with an invocation

Primary Deities

• Brahmā (implied as creator/sustainer in subsequent verse)
• Supreme principle (paramaṃ padam; possibly Brahman/Nārāyaṇa depending on tradition)

Key Themes

• Invocation
• Supreme principle
• Cosmic support
• Theology blended with cosmology