Shloka 14
Śrī–Indra–Bali Saṃvāda: The Departure and Fourfold Placement of Lakṣmī
यत् तदेकाक्षरं ब्रह्म नानारूपं प्रदृश्यते । आसुरिर्मण्डले तस्मिन् प्रतिपेदे तदव्ययम्
yat tad ekākṣaraṃ brahma nānārūpaṃ pradṛśyate | āsurir maṇḍale tasmin pratipede tad avyayam ||
ພີສະມະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ພຣະພຣະຫມັນ (Brahman) ອັນບໍ່ເສື່ອມສະລາຍນັ້ນ—ໜຶ່ງດຽວ ແລະບໍ່ແບ່ງແຍກ, ທີ່ເອີ້ນວ່າ ‘ອັກສອນດຽວ’—ແຕ່ກໍຖືກເຫັນວ່າປາກົດເປັນຮູບຫຼາຍປະການ. ໃນວົງມຸນີນັ້ນ ອາສຸຣິໄດ້ອະທິບາຍ ແລະສະຖາປະນາຄວາມເຂົ້າໃຈໃນຄວາມເປັນຈິງອັນບໍ່ເສື່ອມນັ້ນ.»
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that the ultimate Reality (Brahman) is one, imperishable, and indivisible, yet it is perceived in the world as manifold forms. The many do not negate the One; rather, multiplicity is an appearance or mode of perception of the single immutable principle.
Bhīṣma, instructing on higher dharma and knowledge, recalls a traditional teaching: in an assembly of sages, the teacher Āsuri articulated and established the doctrine of the imperishable, one-syllabled Brahman that appears as many forms.