Shloka 22
Adhyāya 302: Guṇa-vicāra, Gati-bheda, and the Imperishable State
Yājñavalkya–Janaka
अव्यक्ताद् व्यक्तमापन्नं विद्यासर्ग वदन्ति तम् । महान्तं चाप्यहड़कारमविद्यासर्गमेव च,इनमें निराकारसे साकार रूपमें प्रकट होनेवाली मूल प्रकृतिको तो विद्यासर्ग कहते हैं और महत्तत्त्व एवं अहंकारको अविद्यासर्ग कहते हैं
avyaktād vyaktam āpannaṃ vidyāsargaṃ vadanti tam | mahāntaṃ cāpy ahaṅkāram avidyāsargam eva ca ||
વસિષ્ઠે કહ્યું—અવ્યક્તમાંથી વ્યક્તમાં જે પ્રકટતા થાય છે, તેને ‘વિદ્યા-સર્ગ’ કહે છે. પરંતુ ‘મહત્’ તત્ત્વ અને ‘અહંકાર’નો ઉદય ‘અવિદ્યા-સર્ગ’ જ કહેવાય છે.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes two modes of ‘creation’: the movement from the unmanifest to manifest nature is termed vidyā-sarga (aligned with discernment), while the arising of Mahat and Ahaṅkāra is termed avidyā-sarga because it supports ego-based misidentification and bondage unless rightly understood.
In Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Vasiṣṭha explains a Sāṅkhya-style account of manifestation, classifying stages of cosmic evolution and indicating which principles tend to aid knowledge and which tend to entangle beings through ego and ignorance.