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The Description of Creation,^ - Verse 4

Kurma Purana (GRETIL / Internet Archive OCR) · 7 · Verse 4

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Sanskrit Original

वर्हिरन्तश्चाप्रकाशः स्तब्धो निः संज्ञ एव च। मुक्या नगा इति प्रोक्ता मुख्यसर्गस्तु स स्मृतः।।

varhirantaścāprakāśaḥ stabdho niḥ saṃjña eva ca| mukyā nagā iti proktā mukhyasargastu sa smṛtaḥ||

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It was devoid of light both within and without. It was rigid and devoid of contact. As the immovables (such as mental plane i.e. creation took place as per development of his thoughts or mental planning, the first creation which was not a systematically planned one^ is called abuddhi-purvaka. SP. Vdyavlya I. 12.18 states that the three Piakrta Sargas are abuddfd-purvaka while Vaikrta creations are buddhi- purvaka (deliberately planned). Prdkrtdica traye purve sargds te*buddlu~purvakdh /