Shloka 16
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
अव्यक्ते पुरुष याते पुंसि सर्वगतेडपि च । तम एवाभवत् सर्व न प्राज्ायत किंचन
avyakte puruṣa yāte puṁsi sarvagate ’pi ca | tam evābhavat sarvaṁ na prājāyata kiṁcana, nṛpaśreṣṭha |
ವೈಶಂಪಾಯನನು ಹೇಳಿದನು—ಅವ್ಯಕ್ತದಲ್ಲಿ ಪುರುಷನು ಲೀನವಾಗಿ, ಪುರುಷನೂ ಸರ್ವವ್ಯಾಪಿ ಪರಮಾತ್ಮನಲ್ಲಿ ಲೀನವಾದಾಗ, ಎಲ್ಲವೂ ಅದೇ ‘ತತ್’ ಆಯಿತು; ಯಾವುದೂ ಜನಿಸಲಿಲ್ಲ. ಆಗ ಎಲ್ಲೆಡೆ ತಮಸ್ಸು—ಅಂಧಕಾರವೇ—ವ್ಯಾಪಿಸಿತು.
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
All manifested categories—elements, mind, and cosmic principles—are ultimately reabsorbed step by step into subtler causes, culminating in the all-pervading Supreme Self; in that final state, differentiation ceases and nothing new is produced.
Vaiśaṃpāyana explains to the king the ‘ultimate dissolution’ (ātyantika pralaya) of the five elements and associated principles, describing a graded merging from earth into water and onward through subtler levels until only the Supreme Reality remains, with darkness symbolizing the absence of perceivable distinctions.