Shloka 18
मनु-उपदेशः — भूत-उत्पत्ति, इन्द्रिय-निवृत्ति, तथा पर-स्वभाव-विवेकः
Manu’s Instruction on Elemental Origination, Sense-Withdrawal, and Discrimination of the Supreme Nature
तम आदि गुण बुद्धिको बारंबार विषयोंकी ओर ले जाते हैं; तथा बुद्धिके साथ-साथ मनसहित पाँचों इन्द्रियोंकोी और उनकी समस्त वृत्तियोंको भी ले जाते हैं। उस बुद्धिके अभावमें गुण कैसे रह सकते हैं? ।।
iti tanmayam evaitat sarvaṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamam | pralīyate coddhavati tasmān nirdiśyate tathā ||
Bhishma dijo: Así, este mundo entero—todo lo inmóvil y lo móvil—existe como manifestación de Eso solamente. En Eso se disuelve y de Eso vuelve a surgir; por ello se lo describe de este modo, para mostrar que todos los fenómenos dependen de ese principio subyacente.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
All moving and unmoving existence is presented as 'tanmaya'—pervaded by and dependent upon a single underlying reality; from it the world arises and into it it dissolves. Ethically, this supports detachment: one should not cling to transient sense-objects, recognizing their cyclical arising and passing.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and higher knowledge. Here he concludes a point about the nature of the world and its source—describing the cosmos as emerging from, and returning to, the same fundamental principle.