Shloka 40
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
यर्थर्तष्वृतुलिड्रानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये । दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा ब्रह्महरादिषु
yathārtuṣu ṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā brahma-harādiṣu
व्यास ने कहा—जैसे ऋतुओं के क्रम में वसन्त आदि के नाना प्रकार के ऋतु-चिह्न अपने-अपने समय पर ही दिखाई देते हैं और अन्य ऋतुओं में नहीं दिखते; वैसे ही ब्रह्मा, विष्णु और हर में सृष्टि, पालन और संहार की शक्तियाँ कभी न्यून और कभी अधिक प्रकट होती हैं।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cosmic functions are cyclic and context-dependent: creation, preservation, and dissolution do not appear uniformly at all times, but manifest in varying degrees—like seasonal signs that arise only in their proper season. This supports a view of coordinated divine governance rather than rigid separation or contradiction among deities.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Vyāsa explains a metaphysical point using a natural analogy: just as different seasons display different observable markers in sequence, so the divine powers associated with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Hara become prominent or recessive according to the cosmic order.