Shloka 113
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
सर्व पञ्चभिराविष्ट भूतैरी श्वरबुद्धिभि: । वैशम्पायनजीने कहा--प्रजानाथ! इस जगत्में जितने प्राणी हैं, वे सब ईश्वरके संकल्पसे उत्पन्न हुए पाँच महाभूतोंसे युक्त हैं
sarve pañcabhir āviṣṭā bhūtair īśvarabuddhibhiḥ |
Vaiśampāyana said: “O lord of the people, all living beings in this world are pervaded and constituted by the five great elements, brought forth through the Lord’s purposeful will. Thus is embodied life set within a divinely ordered cosmos, calling one to humility and ethical restraint, for all creatures share the same elemental ground and arise under a higher governance.”
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
All embodied beings share a common constitution—the five great elements—and their arising is framed as occurring under the Lord’s purposeful governance. This supports an ethical outlook of humility, non-cruelty, and restraint, since no creature is fundamentally separate in its material basis.
Vaiśampāyana addresses a ruler (“lord of the people”), explaining a doctrinal point about the origin and composition of living beings: they are pervaded by the five elements and come into being through divine resolve, as part of the Shānti Parva’s instruction on right understanding and conduct.