Shloka 64
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
स वै शरीरी प्रथमः स वै पुरुष उच्यते ।
आदिकर्ता च भूतानां ब्रह्माग्रे समवर्तत ॥
sa vai śarīrī prathamaḥ sa vai puruṣa ucyate / ādikartā ca bhūtānāṃ brahmāgre samavartata
وہی یقیناً پہلا جسمانی (مجسّم) وجود تھا؛ اسے ‘پُرُش’ کہا جاتا ہے۔ اور بھوتوں/مخلوقات کا اولین خالق برہما آغاز ہی میں وجود میں آیا۔
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FAQs
The ‘first embodied’ indicates the transition from unmanifest principles to a personal cosmic agent who can initiate further creation. It frames embodiment as an instrument of ordered creativity, not merely bondage.
Sarga: identification of Brahmā/Puruṣa as the first embodied creator belongs to primary creation, preceding genealogies and manvantaras.
Puruṣa as the first embodied can be read as the archetype of ‘I-am’ (ahaṃ) arising to organize experience. Properly understood, this ‘I’ can serve as a vehicle toward the witness, rather than collapsing into mere egoism.