Shloka 9
ब्रह्मघोष-प्रवर्तनम्, अनध्याय-नियमः, वायु-मार्ग-वर्णनम्
Restoring Vedic Recitation, the Anadhyaya Rule, and the Taxonomy of Winds
कर्तृत्वाच्चापि बीजानां बीजधर्मा तथोच्यते । गुणानां प्रसवत्वाच्च प्रलयत्वात् तथैव च
kartṛtvāc cāpi bījānāṃ bījadharmā tathocyate | guṇānāṃ prasavatvāc ca pralayatvāt tathaiva ca ||
സ്ഥാവരജംഗമ വസ്തുക്കളുടെ ബീജങ്ങളുടെ കര്ത്താവായി താനെതന്നെ കരുതുന്നതിനാല് അവന് ‘ബീജധര്മന്’ എന്നു പറയപ്പെടുന്നു; ഗുണങ്ങളുടെ പ്രസവത്തിനും അവയുടെ പ്രലയത്തിനും കാരണമായതിനാല് അവന് ‘ഗുണധര്മന്’ എന്നും പറയപ്പെടുന്നു.
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
A single causal principle is described as both the ‘seed’ of beings and the regulator of the guṇas: it manifests the qualities that constitute experience and also withdraws them in dissolution. Ethically, this supports vairāgya and viveka—do not cling to guṇa-made states (pleasure, power, identity), but seek the stable ground beyond their arising and passing.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation-oriented knowledge, the sage Yājñavalkya explains technical terms for the ultimate/causal principle by pointing to its functions: it serves as the source (bīja) for entities and as the cause of both the emergence and the dissolution (pralaya) of the guṇas.