मनु-उपदेशः — भूत-उत्पत्ति, इन्द्रिय-निवृत्ति, तथा पर-स्वभाव-विवेकः
Manu’s Instruction on Elemental Origination, Sense-Withdrawal, and Discrimination of the Supreme Nature
तम आदि गुण बुद्धिको बारंबार विषयोंकी ओर ले जाते हैं; तथा बुद्धिके साथ-साथ मनसहित पाँचों इन्द्रियोंकोी और उनकी समस्त वृत्तियोंको भी ले जाते हैं। उस बुद्धिके अभावमें गुण कैसे रह सकते हैं? ।।
iti tanmayam evaitat sarvaṁ sthāvara-jaṅgamam | pralīyate coddhavati tasmān nirdiśyate tathā ||
ພີດສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ດັ່ງນັ້ນ ໂລກທັງປວງນີ້—ທັງສິ່ງຢຸດນິ່ງ ແລະ ສິ່ງເຄື່ອນໄຫວ—ລ້ວນເປັນການປາກົດຂອງ “ນັ້ນ” ແຕ່ອັນດຽວ. ມັນລະລາຍກັບເຂົ້າໄປໃນນັ້ນ ແລະ ກໍເກີດຂຶ້ນອີກຈາກນັ້ນ; ເພາະສະນັ້ນຈຶ່ງຖືກອະທິບາຍໃນທໍານອງນີ້ ເພື່ອຊີ້ວ່າປະກົດການທັງຫມົດພຶງພາຫຼັກການພື້ນຖານນັ້ນ.
भीष्म उवाच
All moving and unmoving existence is presented as 'tanmaya'—pervaded by and dependent upon a single underlying reality; from it the world arises and into it it dissolves. Ethically, this supports detachment: one should not cling to transient sense-objects, recognizing their cyclical arising and passing.
In Shanti Parva, Bhishma instructs Yudhishthira on dharma and higher knowledge. Here he concludes a point about the nature of the world and its source—describing the cosmos as emerging from, and returning to, the same fundamental principle.