Shloka 40
Yoga-kṛtya (योककृत्य) — Vyāsa on Sense-Restraint, Obstacles, and Brahman-Realization
यर्थर्तष्वृतुलिड्रानि नानारूपाणि पर्यये । दृश्यन्ते तानि तान्येव तथा ब्रह्महरादिषु
yathārtuṣu ṛtuliṅgāni nānārūpāṇi paryaye dṛśyante tāni tānyeva tathā brahma-harādiṣu
ବ୍ୟାସ କହିଲେ—ଋତୁଚକ୍ରରେ ବସନ୍ତ ଆଦି ଋତୁମାନଙ୍କର ନାନାରୂପ ଲକ୍ଷଣ ନିଜ ନିଜ କ୍ରମରେ ମାତ୍ର ଦେଖାଯାଏ, ଅନ୍ୟ ଋତୁରେ ନୁହେଁ; ସେପରି ବ୍ରହ୍ମା, ବିଷ୍ଣୁ ଓ ହରଙ୍କ ମଧ୍ୟରେ ସୃଷ୍ଟି, ରକ୍ଷା ଓ ସଂହାରର ଶକ୍ତି କେବେ କମ୍, କେବେ ବେଶି ପ୍ରକାଶ ପାଏ।
व्यास उवाच
Educational Q&A
Cosmic functions are cyclic and context-dependent: creation, preservation, and dissolution do not appear uniformly at all times, but manifest in varying degrees—like seasonal signs that arise only in their proper season. This supports a view of coordinated divine governance rather than rigid separation or contradiction among deities.
In Śānti Parva’s instructional discourse, Vyāsa explains a metaphysical point using a natural analogy: just as different seasons display different observable markers in sequence, so the divine powers associated with Brahmā, Viṣṇu, and Hara become prominent or recessive according to the cosmic order.