Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 27
Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey
विज्ञाते यत्र सर्वोऽयमृग्यजुः सामसंज्ञितः ।
क्रियाकलापो विगुणो न सम्यक् प्रतिभाति मे ॥
vijñāte yatra sarvo 'yam ṛg-yajuḥ sāma-saṃjñitaḥ /
kriyā-kalāpo viguṇo na samyak pratibhāti me
Kung saan nakikilala ang katotohanang iyon—na sa pamamagitan nito nauunawaan ang buong kalipunan ng gawaing ritwal na tinatawag na Ṛg, Yajus, at Sāman—doon, para sa akin, ang kabuuang ritwal na iyon ay waring salat sa sukdulang bisa at hindi lubos na sapat.
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FAQs
Ritual has a place within dharma, but after awakening to the highest truth, ritual action is seen as incapable of granting final liberation; knowledge becomes primary.
This is a mokṣa-oriented doctrinal passage (upabṛṃhaṇa) rather than a five-lakṣaṇa topic.
The shift from external ‘kriyā’ to internal ‘jñāna’ indicates the movement from pravṛtti (outward engagement) to nivṛtti (inward freedom).