Shloka 31
अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu
यस्माद् यदभिजायेत तत् तत्रैव प्रलीयते । लीयन्ते प्रतिलोमानि सृज्यन्ते चान्तरात्मना
vasistha uvāca | yasmād yad abhijāyeta tat tatraiva pralīyate | līyante pratilomāni sṛjyante cāntarātmanā ||
वसिष्ठ म्हणाले—जे तत्त्व ज्या कारणापासून उत्पन्न होते, ते त्याच्यातच लीन होते. सृष्टी अनुलोम क्रमाने होते आणि प्रलय प्रतिलोम क्रमाने; आणि ही सर्व तत्त्वे अंतरात्म्यानेच रचिली जातात.
वसिष्ठ उवाच
Educational Q&A
Whatever arises from a cause returns to that same cause; creation proceeds in a forward sequence, while dissolution happens in reverse, and the entire process is governed by the Inner Self. This supports a disciplined, detached understanding of worldly change.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional setting, the sage Vasiṣṭha delivers a philosophical explanation of cosmic emanation and reabsorption, shifting the focus from external events to inner knowledge and the order underlying existence.