Shloka 8
Adhyaya 45 — Jaimini’s Cosmological Questions and the Opening of Markandeya’s Account of Primary Creation
यदि त्वनुग्रहवती मयी बुद्धिर्द्विजोत्तमाः ।
भवतां तत्समाख्यातुमर्हतेदमशेषतः ॥
yadi tv anugrahavatī mayī buddhir dvijottamāḥ | bhavatāṃ tat samākhyātum arhat edam aśeṣataḥ ||
اے دْوِج شریشٹھ! اگر آپ مجھ پر مہربان ہیں تو آپ کو یہ سب باتیں مجھے پوری طرح، بغیر کچھ چھوڑے، بیان کرنی چاہئیں۔
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FAQs
Knowledge is received through humility and the teacher’s anugraha; the student asks for completeness (aśeṣataḥ), reflecting the purāṇic ideal of coherent, connected teaching.
Transition into systematic exposition: the request sets up a comprehensive account spanning sarga/pratisarga and the historical cycles (manvantara, vaṃśa, vaṃśānucarita).
‘Grace’ indicates that higher understanding is not forced by intellect alone; it ‘descends’ when receptivity is mature—an inner alignment between śraddhā and viveka.