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Shloka 27

Adhyaya 47Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation

तस्मात्ते दुःखबहुला भूयोभूयश्च कारिणः ।

प्रकाशा बहिरन्तश्च मनुष्याः साधकाश्च ते ॥

tasmāt te duḥkhabahulā bhūyobhūyaś ca kāriṇaḥ /

prakāśā bahir antaś ca manuṣyāḥ sādhakāś ca te ||

اسی لیے وہ دکھ سے بھرے ہوئے ہیں اور بار بار عمل کرتے ہیں۔ پھر بھی وہ باہر اور اندر دونوں طرح سے نورانی ہیں؛ وہ انسان ہیں اور سادھنا میں قادر (سادھک) ہیں۔

tasmāttherefore, from that
tasmāt:
Hetu/Apādāna (हेतु/अपादान)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma (Pronoun/सर्वनाम), Puṃliṅga/napuṃsaka usage, Pañcamī vibhakti (Ablative/पञ्चमी), Ekavacana
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
duḥkha-bahulāḥfull of suffering
duḥkha-bahulāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootduḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + bahula (प्रातिपदिक)
FormTatpuruṣa samāsa (तत्पुरुष; ‘abundant in suffering’), Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
bhūyaḥ-bhūyaḥagain and again, repeatedly
bhūyaḥ-bhūyaḥ:
Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbhūyas (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya (reduplicated adverb), frequency/intensity (पुनरुक्त-क्रियाविशेषण)
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
kāriṇaḥdoers, agents
kāriṇaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; predicate noun)
TypeNoun
Rootkārin (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā vibhakti (Nominative), Bahuvacana
prakāśāḥluminous
prakāśāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootprakāśa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
bahiroutwardly
bahir:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootbahis (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya, adverb
antaḥinwardly
antaḥ:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootantas (अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
FormAvyaya, adverb
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
manuṣyāḥhumans
manuṣyāḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; apposition to te)
TypeNoun
Rootmanuṣya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
sādhakāḥaccomplishing, effecting
sādhakāḥ:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootsādhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
FormPuṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; agrees with manuṣyāḥ/te
caand
ca:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootca (अव्यय)
FormAvyaya, conjunction
tethey
te:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; resumptive)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormSarvanāma, Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana
Narratorial cosmology within the Markandeya Purana’s teaching context (frame-speakers not explicit in these verses)

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Brahmā
CosmologySarga (Creation)Human agencyKarma (repeated action)Suffering and sādhana

FAQs

Humans suffer precisely because they are active agents entangled in repeated karma; yet the same agency, paired with inner light, makes liberation and dharmic refinement possible. Suffering becomes the spur for sādhana.

Sarga: culmination in the human class (arvāk-srotas) described as the ‘sādhaka’ creation.

The paradox ‘duḥkha + prakāśa’ signals the initiatory nature of human life: pain reveals bondage, light reveals the path, and repeated action becomes transformed into deliberate practice.