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Shloka 72

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

जलञ्च क्षिपति ब्रह्मा स तथा प्रकृतिर्विभु ।

अव्यक्तं क्षेत्रमुद्दिष्टं ब्रह्मा क्षेत्रज्ञ उच्यते ॥

jalañ ca kṣipati brahmā sa tathā prakṛtir vibhu | avyaktaṃ kṣetram uddiṣṭaṃ brahmā kṣetrajña ucyate

బ్రహ్మా నీటిని విడిచినట్లే మహతీ ప్రకృతి కూడా దానిని వెలికి విసర్జిస్తుంది. అవ్యక్తం ‘క్షేత్రం’ అని ప్రకటించబడింది; బ్రహ్మా ‘క్షేత్రజ్ఞుడు’ అని పిలువబడతాడు.

jalamwater
jalam:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootjala (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Accusative Singular (द्वितीया एकवचन)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
kṣipatithrows, casts
kṣipati:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√kṣip (धातु)
FormLaṭ (लट्, present), 3rd person singular, Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular (प्रथमा एकवचन)
saḥhe/that
saḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun, Masculine, Nominative Singular
tathālikewise
tathā:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Roottathā (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, adverb ‘thus/likewise’
prakṛtiḥPrakṛti
prakṛtiḥ:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootprakṛti (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine, Nominative Singular
vibhuall-pervading, mighty
vibhu:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootvibhu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular; adjective used predicatively (प्रत्ययार्थे) qualifying the subject (saḥ/prakṛtiḥ)
avyaktamunmanifest
avyaktam:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Roota-vyakta (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative/Accusative Singular; qualifying ‘kṣetram’
kṣetramfield (kṣetra)
kṣetram:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter, Nominative Singular (प्रथमा एकवचन)
uddiṣṭamis declared
uddiṣṭam:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootud-√diś (धातु)
FormKṛdanta: Past passive participle (क्त), Neuter Nominative Singular agreeing with ‘kṣetram’; ‘indicated/declared’
brahmāBrahmā
brahmā:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootbrahman (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine, Nominative Singular
kṣetrajñaḥthe knower of the field
kṣetrajñaḥ:
Pratipādya (प्रातिपाद्य/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootkṣetra + jña (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) ‘knower of the field’; Masculine, Nominative Singular
ucyateis called
ucyate:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√vac (धातु)
FormLaṭ (present), 3rd person singular, Ātmanepada; passive sense ‘is called’
Narrator within the cosmology discourse

{ "primaryRasa": "shanta", "secondaryRasa": "", "rasaIntensity": 0, "emotionalArcPosition": "", "moodDescriptors": [] }

Brahmā
Kṣetra–kṣetrajña (Bhagavadgītā-style) frameworkSāṃkhya metaphysicsCosmologyPrakṛti and consciousness

FAQs

Right knowledge distinguishes the field (objects/nature) from the knower (consciousness). This discrimination is the foundation for liberation-oriented understanding.

Sarga, with explicit tattva-doctrine explaining how creation relates to the knowing principle.

Identifying avyakta as kṣetra implies even subtle causality is ‘objectifiable’; the true kṣetrajña stands apart—pointing to a contemplative separation of witness from all layers.