Shloka 39
Utkramaṇa-sthāna and Ariṣṭa-lakṣaṇa: Yājñavalkya’s Instruction on Departure Pathways and Mortality Signs
निस्तत्त्वं पज्चविंशस्य परमाहुर्निंदर्शनम् । सर्गस्य वर्गमाधारं तत्त्वं तत्वात्ू सनातनम्
nistattvaṃ pañcaviṃśasya paramāhur nirdarśanam | sargasya vargam ādhāraṃ tattvaṃ tattvāt tu sanātanam ||
ວະສິດຖະ ກ່າວວ່າ: «ບາງພວກກ່າວວ່າ ເຄື່ອງຊີ້ສູງສຸດຢູ່ໃນຫຼັກການທີ່ຍີ່ສິບຫ້າ ອັນຢູ່ເຫນືອໝວດທີ່ປາກົດ. ມັນແມ່ນຖານຮາກອັນນິລັນດອນ ທີ່ຮອງຮັບກອງລຳດັບແຫ່ງການສ້າງທັງໝົດ; ຢືນຢູ່ແຍກອອກຈາກຫຼັກການທີ່ແປປ່ຽນ ແຕ່ກໍຄ້ຳຈຸນພວກມັນ.»
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse distinguishes the changing, enumerated principles of creation from an eternal conscious ground: the twenty-fifth principle (Puruṣa/Paramātman) is presented as the supreme indicator and the timeless substratum supporting all manifested categories.
In Śānti Parva’s philosophical instruction, Vasiṣṭha explains a Sāṅkhya-like framework, clarifying how some thinkers classify the ultimate conscious reality as distinct from the material principles and as the enduring support of the cosmos.