Shloka 23
वासुदेवस्वरूपनिरूपणं—सर्गक्रमश्च
Vāsudeva’s Nature and the Ordered Process of Creation
नाहो न रात्रिर् न नभो न भूमिर् नासीत् तमो ज्योतिर् अभून् न चान्यत् श्रोत्रादिबुद्ध्यानुपलभ्यम् एकं प्राधानिकं ब्रह्म पुमांस् तदासीत्
nāho na rātrir na nabho na bhūmir nāsīt tamo jyotir abhūn na cānyat śrotrādibuddhyānupalabhyam ekaṃ prādhānikaṃ brahma pumāṃs tadāsīt
កាលនោះ មិនមានថ្ងៃ មិនមានយប់; មិនមានមេឃ មិនមានផែនដី; មិនមានងងឹត មិនមានពន្លឺ—ហើយមិនមានអ្វីផ្សេងទៀតឡើយ។ មានតែអង្គតែមួយ: ព្រះព្រហ្មដើម (ប្រធានិក) ជាព្រះបុរសអធិរាជ ដែលមិនអាចដឹងបានដោយឧបករណ៍ចិត្តដូចជាការស្តាប់ជាដើម។
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
It defines pralaya as a condition where time (day/night) and the cosmos (sky/earth), along with even light and darkness, are absent—establishing that only the Supreme foundational Reality remains prior to creation.
He states that the One is not graspable through the usual instruments of knowing—senses like hearing and even the intellect—indicating a transcendent source that precedes and grounds all cognition.
It frames ultimate reality not as an impersonal abstraction but as the Supreme Person—aligned with Vaishnava theology where Vishnu is the transcendent ground from whom creation proceeds and into whom it dissolves.