Shloka 31
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
यस्माद् यदभिजायेत तत् तत्रैव प्रलीयते । लीयन्ते प्रतिलोमानि सृज्यन्ते चान्तरात्मना
vasistha uvāca | yasmād yad abhijāyeta tat tatraiva pralīyate | līyante pratilomāni sṛjyante cāntarātmanā ||
वसिष्ठ बोले—जो तत्त्व जिससे उत्पन्न होता है, वह उसी में लीन हो जाता है। सृष्टि अनुलोम क्रम से होती है और प्रलय प्रतिलोम क्रम से; और ये समस्त तत्त्व अन्तरात्मा द्वारा ही रचे जाते हैं।
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Whatever arises from a cause returns to that same cause; creation proceeds in a forward sequence, while dissolution happens in reverse, and the entire process is governed by the Inner Self. This supports a disciplined, detached understanding of worldly change.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, the sage Vasiṣṭha delivers a philosophical explanation of cosmic emanation and reabsorption, shifting the focus from external events to inner knowledge and the order underlying existence.