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 ||
ಅನಂತರ ಸರ್ವಸ್ವರೂಪನಾದ, ಕ್ಷಯರಹಿತನಾದ, ಅವ್ಯಯನಾದ, ನಿರ್ವಿಕಾರನಾದ ಪರಬ್ರಹ್ಮನೇ ಏಕಮಾತ್ರ ಶೇಷನಾದನು; ಅದೇ ತತ್ತ್ವದಿಂದ ಭೂತ-ವರ್ತಮಾನ-ಭವಿಷ್ಯ ಜೀವಸೃಷ್ಟಿಯನ್ನು ಪ್ರವರ್ತಿಸುವ ನಿರಪರಾಧಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮನೂ ಉತ್ಪನ್ನನಾದನು.
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.