Shloka 16
शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test
तत: समभवत् सर्वमक्षयाव्ययमत्रणम् । भूतभव्यभविष्याणां स्रष्टारमनघं तथा
tataḥ samabhavat sarvam akṣayāvyayam atraṇam | bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyāṇāṁ sraṣṭāram anaghaṁ tathā ||
त्यानंतर सर्वस्वरूप, क्षयरहित, अव्यय व निर्विकार असा परब्रह्मच एकटा शेष राहिला; त्याच सत्यापासून भूत-वर्तमान-भविष्य प्राण्यांची सृष्टी प्रवर्तविणारा निष्पाप ब्रह्माही उत्पन्न झाला।
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The ultimate Reality (Brahman) is changeless, imperishable, and all-inclusive; even the cosmic creator (Brahmā) and the entire flow of time—past, present, and future—depend upon and arise from that Supreme ground.
Yājñavalkya is describing the cosmological hierarchy: after dissolution or beyond manifest change, the Supreme Brahman alone remains, and from it arises Brahmā, who then functions as the creator of beings across time.