Shloka 53
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
द्विगुणो जायते वायुः तस्य स्पर्शो गुणो मतः ।
रूपन्तथैवाविशतः शब्दस्पर्शगुणावुभौ ॥
dviguṇo jāyate vāyustasya sparśo guṇo mataḥ / rūpantathaivāviśataḥ śabdasparśaguṇāvubhau
وایو دو صفات کے ساتھ پیدا ہوتا ہے؛ اس کی صفت لمس مانی جاتی ہے۔ پھر صورت (رُوپ) بھی داخل ہوئی، تاکہ اس میں آواز اور لمس—دونوں صفات ہوں۔
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FAQs
The model explains perceptible complexity via incremental attributes: air is not an isolated ‘thing’ but a stage in the accumulation of sensory qualities. It encourages analytical discernment (viveka) about what we call ‘elements’—they are structured experiences.
Sarga: continuation of elemental evolution through guṇa accumulation.
Air as touch-dominant indicates prāṇic dynamism; adding form hints at the mind’s increasing capacity to ‘picture’ and stabilize appearances—movement begins to acquire visible pattern.