Shloka 70
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
अन्योन्यमावृत्य च ता अष्टौ प्रकृतयः स्थिताः ।
एषा सा प्रकृतिर्नित्या यदन्तः पुरुषश्च सः ॥
anyonyam āvṛtya ca tā aṣṭau prakṛtayaḥ sthitāḥ | eṣā sā prakṛtir nityā yad antaḥ puruṣaś ca saḥ
ایک دوسرے کو ڈھانپتے ہوئے وہ آٹھ پرکرتیاں قائم رہتی ہیں۔ یہی وہ ازلی پرکرتی ہے؛ اور جو اندر موجود ہے وہی پُرُش ہے۔
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FAQs
Discernment (viveka) is implied: the eternal Prakṛti is the field of coverings, while the Puruṣa is the inner witness; confusion between them is the root of bondage.
Sarga with philosophical framing: it explains the principles underlying creation (tattva-śāstra within cosmogenesis).
‘Mutual covering’ points to layered ignorance (āvaraṇa) in the individual as well—prakṛti’s strata conceal puruṣa until insight reverses the covering.