Shloka 5
जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
ततः सृष्टानि भूतानि तानि यान्ति पुनः पुनः । महाभूतानि भूतेभ्य ऊर्मय: सागरे यथा
tataḥ sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni tāni yānti punaḥ punaḥ | mahābhūtāni bhūtebhya ūrmayaḥ sāgare yathā ||
ビーシュマは言った。そののち、創られた生きものは幾度となく帰還する。大いなる元素がより微細なものから起こり、またそこへ溶け帰るように、また波が海から生じて再びその海へと合一するように、すべての生類は至上の自己より現れ、時至れば再び彼へと吸収されるのである。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
All beings repeatedly arise from a single ultimate source (the Supreme Self) and inevitably return to it; creation and dissolution are cyclical, like waves emerging from and merging back into the ocean.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he explains the nature of cosmic process—how beings and elements manifest and dissolve—using the ocean-and-waves analogy to guide the listener toward detachment and insight into the Supreme.