Shloka 14

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

Sanskrit

श्रोतुमिच्छाम्यहं सर्वमेतदाहूतसम्प्लवम् ।

उपसंहृते च यच्छेषं जगत्यस्मिन् भविष्यति ॥

Transliteration

śrotum icchāmy ahaṃ sarvam etad āhūtasaṃplavam | upasaṃhṛte ca yac cheṣaṃ jagaty asmin bhaviṣyati ||

Translation

ข้าพเจ้าปรารถนาจะฟังทั้งหมดนี้—รวมถึงเรื่องปรลยะที่ถูกอัญเชิญ/ถาโถม; และเมื่อโลกถูกถอนกลับแล้ว ในจักรวาลนี้ยังเหลือสิ่งใดเป็นเศษส่วนคงอยู่?

Word by Word

• śrotum: to hear
• śrotum: Prayojana (प्रयोजनम्)
• Type: Verb
• Root: śru (धातु) + tumun (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: तुमुनन्त (infinitive), ‘श्रु’ धातोः; अर्थः—श्रवणार्थम् (to hear)

• icchāmi: I desire
• icchāmi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), उत्तम-पुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• aham: I
• aham: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• sarvam: all (of it)
• sarvam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम-शब्द

• etat: this
• etat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम (demonstrative)

• āhūta-saṃplavam: the (so) mentioned dissolution/cataclysm
• āhūta-saṃplavam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: āhūta (कृदन्त; √hū) + saṃplava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (‘आहूतः सम्प्लवः’ = the summoned/mentioned dissolution; āhūta = past passive participle)

• upasaṃhṛte: when (it is) withdrawn/ended
• upasaṃhṛte: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-saṃ-√hṛ (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle) ‘उपसंहृत’; सति-सप्तमी (locative absolute) रूपम्—सप्तमी एकवचन, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग प्रयोगः; अर्थः—‘when (it is) withdrawn/ended’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• yat: whatever/that which
• yat: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम

• śeṣam: the remainder
• śeṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• jagati: in the world
• jagati: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jagat (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• asmin: in this
• asmin: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: idam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निर्देश-सर्वनाम

• bhaviṣyati: will be
• bhaviṣyati: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: bhū (धातु)
• Form: लृट्-लकार (Simple Future), प्रथम-पुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speakers

• Inquirer (Jaimini in the common frame) questioning revered sages

Verse Rasa

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

Key Themes

• Pralaya
• Cosmic deluge
• Reabsorption (Upasaṃhāra)
• Metaphysics of residue

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

Inquiry into what ‘remains’ after dissolution encourages discernment between perishable forms and enduring principles (dharma/knowledge), directing one toward what is stable.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

Falls under pratisarga/pralaya discussion: the mechanics of dissolution and the seed-state that enables subsequent re-creation.

What is the esoteric significance?

The ‘deluge’ symbolizes the flooding of differentiated experience back into undifferentiated potential; ‘residue’ (śeṣa) points to the causal seed (bīja) or underlying consciousness that persists through cycles.