Shloka 16
शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test
तत: समभवत् सर्वमक्षयाव्ययमत्रणम् । भूतभव्यभविष्याणां स्रष्टारमनघं तथा
tataḥ samabhavat sarvam akṣayāvyayam atraṇam | bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyāṇāṁ sraṣṭāram anaghaṁ tathā ||
तत्पश्चात् सर्वस्वरूप, क्षय-रहित, अव्यय और निर्विकार परब्रह्म ही शेष रह गया; उसी से भूत, वर्तमान और भविष्य के प्राणियों की सृष्टि प्रवर्तित करने वाले निष्पाप ब्रह्मा की भी उत्पत्ति हुई।
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The ultimate Reality (Brahman) is changeless, imperishable, and all-inclusive; even the cosmic creator (Brahmā) and the entire flow of time—past, present, and future—depend upon and arise from that Supreme ground.
Yājñavalkya is describing the cosmological hierarchy: after dissolution or beyond manifest change, the Supreme Brahman alone remains, and from it arises Brahmā, who then functions as the creator of beings across time.