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 ||
वसिष्ठ म्हणाले—काहींच्या मते पंचविसावे तत्त्व हेच परम निदर्शन आहे; ते प्रकट सर्गवर्गांपलीकडे आहे. तेच सृष्टीच्या सर्व वर्गांचे सनातन आधार आहे—परिवर्तनशील तत्त्वांपासून भिन्न असूनही त्यांना धारण करणारे.
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.