Shloka 16
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
अव्यक्ते पुरुष याते पुंसि सर्वगतेडपि च । तम एवाभवत् सर्व न प्राज्ायत किंचन
avyakte puruṣa yāte puṁsi sarvagate ’pi ca | tam evābhavat sarvaṁ na prājāyata kiṁcana, nṛpaśreṣṭha |
বৈশম্পায়নে ক’লে—যেতিয়া অব্যক্তত পুৰুষ লীন হ’ল আৰু পুৰুষো সৰ্বব্যাপী পৰমাত্মাত লীন হ’ল, তেতিয়া সকলো সেই ‘তৎ’ হৈ পৰিল; একো জন্ম নলয়। তেতিয়া চাৰিওফালে তমস—অন্ধকাৰ—মাত্ৰ বিস্তৃত আছিল।
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
All manifested categories—elements, mind, and cosmic principles—are ultimately reabsorbed step by step into subtler causes, culminating in the all-pervading Supreme Self; in that final state, differentiation ceases and nothing new is produced.
Vaiśaṃpāyana explains to the king the ‘ultimate dissolution’ (ātyantika pralaya) of the five elements and associated principles, describing a graded merging from earth into water and onward through subtler levels until only the Supreme Reality remains, with darkness symbolizing the absence of perceivable distinctions.