Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 10, Shloka 27

Adhyaya 10 — Jaimini’s Questions on Birth, Death, Karma, and the Embodied Journey

Sanskrit

विज्ञाते यत्र सर्वोऽयमृग्यजुः सामसंज्ञितः ।

क्रियाकलापो विगुणो न सम्यक् प्रतिभाति मे ॥

Transliteration

vijñāte yatra sarvo 'yam ṛg-yajuḥ sāma-saṃjñitaḥ /

kriyā-kalāpo viguṇo na samyak pratibhāti me

Translation

在那真理被了知之处——凭此而通达称为《梨俱》(Ṛg)、《夜柔》(Yajus)与《娑摩》(Sāman)的全部祭仪行持——于彼处，我见此一切仪轨之聚似乎缺乏究竟功德，亦不显得圆满足够。

Speakers

• Unspecified speaker; jñāna-oriented critique of ritualism

Key Themes

• Jnana over ritualism
• Vedic karmakāṇḍa vs mokṣa
• Inner realization