Markandeya Purana — Adhyaya 47, Shloka 17
Adhyaya 47 — Brahma’s Awakening and the Ninefold Scheme of Creation
बहिरन्तश्चाप्रकाशः संवृतात्मा नगात्मकः ।
मुख्या नगा यतश्चोक्ता मुख्यसर्गस्ततस्त्वयम् ॥
bahirantaś cāprakāśaḥ saṃvṛtātmā nagātmakaḥ /
mukhyā nagā yataś coktā mukhyasargas tatas tv ayam
外无光明、内亦无光明，自我被遮蔽，此创造具有“naga”（不动之类/植物性众生）的性质。由于这些“naga”被称为最初者，故此称为主要（初始）创造——mukhya-sarga。
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FAQs
When consciousness is ‘covered’ (saṃvṛta), life expresses as inertia and minimal awareness; the passage functions as a caution that tamas leads to stagnation, while clarity (prakāśa) enables higher flourishing.
Sarga: it specifies a technical subtype—mukhya-sarga (primary creation), associated with tamas-dominant, ‘immobile’ forms.
‘Outer and inner unillumined’ indicates both sensory and mental obscuration; the ‘immobile’ category symbolizes consciousness fixed in identification, prior to the emergence of more articulate, self-reflective life.