Shloka 25
Doṣa-Parīkṣā and Guṇa-Viveka
Examination of Faults and Discernment of the Guṇas
एतस्याद्या प्रवृत्तिस्तु प्रधानात् सम्प्रवर्तते । द्वितीया मिथुनव्यक्तिमविशेषान्नियच्छति,बुद्धि आदि तत्त्वसमूहकी प्रथम सृष्टि प्रकृतिसे ही हुई है। तदनन्तर दूसरी बारसे उनकी सामान्यतः मैथून-धर्मसे नियमपूर्वक अभिव्यक्ति होने लगी है
etasyādyā pravṛttis tu pradhānāt sampravartate | dvitīyā mithuna-vyaktim aviśeṣān niyacchati ||
Bhīṣma said: “The first unfolding of this aggregate of principles proceeds from Pradhāna (primordial Nature). Thereafter, in a second phase, their manifestation is regulated—emerging from the undifferentiated state into paired (male–female) expression according to the law of generation.”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
Creation is described in a Sāṅkhya framework: the first emergence of principles originates from Pradhāna (primordial Nature), and subsequent manifestation becomes ordered and differentiated, notably through paired (male–female) generative expression.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction, Bhīṣma explains to his listener a two-stage account of manifestation: first, the rise of tattvas from Prakṛti/Pradhāna; second, their regulated differentiation from an undifferentiated condition into the structured world of generation.