Shloka 6

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

Sanskrit

यद्यहं सङ्गमासाद्य भवदिभर्ज्ञानदृष्टिभिः ।

न स्यां कृतार्थस्तन्नूनं न मेऽन्यत्र कृतार्थता ॥

Transliteration

yady ahaṃ saṅgam āsādya bhavadibhar jñānadṛṣṭibhiḥ | na syāṃ kṛtārthas tan nūnaṃ na me 'nyatra kṛtārthatā ||

Translation

Kung kahit matapos kong makamtan ang pakikisama sa inyo—na ang pananaw ay nakasalig sa kaalaman—ay hindi pa rin ako ganap, tunay ngang wala nang kaganapan para sa akin saanman pa.

Word by Word

• यदि: if
• यदि: सम्बन्ध (Condition marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; शर्त/सम्भावना (conditional particle)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; nominative singular

• सङ्गम्: association, company
• सङ्गम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular

• आसाद्य: having attained/approached
• आसाद्य: पूर्वकाल (Prior action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + सद् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्यय (absolutive/gerund); अव्ययभाव (indeclinable participle)

• भवत्-भिः: with you (honored ones)
• भवत्-भिः: सहकारक (Association/Instrumental)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; instrumental plural

• ज्ञान-दृष्टिभिः: by (your) insightful visions of knowledge
• ज्ञान-दृष्टिभिः: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक) + दृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; instrumental plural; 'ज्ञानस्य दृष्टयः'

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• स्याम्: I would be
• स्याम्: क्रिया (Verb/Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• कृतार्थः: fulfilled, having achieved the purpose
• कृतार्थः: प्रेडिकेट (Predicate complement)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (कृ धातु; कृदन्त) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; predicate adjective to 'अहम्'

• तत्: then
• तत्: सम्बन्ध (Discourse marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोग; वाक्योपसंहारार्थ (correlative 'then/that')

• नूनम्: surely
• नूनम्: सम्बन्ध (Emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नूनम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निश्चयार्थक (particle of certainty)

• न: not
• न: निषेध (Negation)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध (negation particle)

• मे: for me / of me
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; enclitic genitive/dative form; here genitive 'of me'

• अन्यत्र: elsewhere
• अन्यत्र: अधिकरण (Adverbial location)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अन्यत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देश/विषयवाचक (adverb: elsewhere)

• कृतार्थता: fulfillment, attainment of purpose
• कृतार्थता: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कृतार्थता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; abstract noun

Speakers

• Inquirer (Jaimini in the common frame) addressing revered Brahmins/sages

Verse Rasa

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Key Themes

• Dharma
• Guru-shishya dynamic
• Jñāna
• Humility

FAQs

What is the philosophical or ethical takeaway?

True accomplishment is framed as right understanding gained from the wise; the verse models śraddhā and vinaya—essential dispositions for receiving purāṇic teaching.

How does this fit the Pancalakshana (5 characteristics)?

A framing verse (upodghāta) that legitimizes the forthcoming pañcalakṣaṇa inquiry: the student declares that the sages’ discourse is the highest available source for sarga, pratisarga, etc.

What is the esoteric significance?

‘Fulfillment’ (kṛtārthatā) hints that knowledge is not mere information but a transformative ‘seeing’ (dṛṣṭi) that ends inner lack; the ‘elsewhere’ negated is external seeking.