Shloka 100
Duḥṣantasya Vana-praveśaḥ
King Duḥṣanta’s Entry into the Forest Hunt
अनादिनिधनो देव: स कर्ता जगत: प्रभु: । अव्यक्तमक्षरं ब्रह्म प्रधानं त्रिगुणात्मकम्
anādinidhano devaḥ sa kartā jagataḥ prabhuḥ | avyaktam akṣaraṃ brahma pradhānaṃ triguṇātmakam ||
Daśa berkata: Tuhan yang bersinar itu tiada berawal dan tiada berakhir; Dialah pencipta dan pemerintah seluruh alam. Dia disebut sebagai Yang Tidak Termanifest (Unmanifest), Brahman Yang Tidak Binasa, dan sebagai Pradhāna—prinsip asal yang tersusun daripada tiga guṇa.
दाश उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the supreme Lord as eternal (beginningless and endless), the creator and ruler of the universe, and equates Him with key philosophical categories—Unmanifest (avyakta), Imperishable (akṣara) Brahman, and Pradhāna constituted by the three guṇas—showing a synthesis of devotional theism with Sāṅkhya-Vedāntic terminology.
The speaker Dāśa is describing the nature of the supreme divine principle, praising Him as the cosmic creator and explaining how sages and traditions refer to the same reality by different doctrinal names such as Brahman and Pradhāna.