Shloka 8
नासीदहो न रात्रिरासीन्न सदासीन्नासदासीत् तम एव पुरस्तादभवद् विश्वरूपम् । सा विश्वरूपस्य रजनी हि एवमस्यार्थोडनुभाष्य:,उस प्रलयकालमें न दिन था न रात थी, न सत् था न असत् था, केवल तम ही सामने था। वही सर्वरूप हो रहा था। वही विश्वात्माकी रात्रि है। इस प्रकार इस श्रुतिका अर्थ कहना और समझना चाहिये
nāsīd aho na rātrir āsīn na sad āsīn nāsad āsīt, tama eva purastād abhavad viśvarūpam | sā viśvarūpasya rajanī hi evam asyārtho 'nubhāṣyaḥ |
ପ୍ରଳୟକାଳରେ ନ ଦିନ ଥିଲା, ନ ରାତି; ‘ସତ୍’ ବୋଲି କହିହେବ ନଥିଲା, ‘ଅସତ୍’ ବୋଲି ମଧ୍ୟ ନୁହେଁ। କେବଳ ତମସ୍ ହିଁ ସମ୍ମୁଖରେ ଥିଲା; ସେଠାରୁ ଏକ ତତ୍ତ୍ୱ ସର୍ବରୂପ ହୋଇ ପ୍ରକଟ ହେଲା। ସେଇ ଅବସ୍ଥାକୁ ବିଶ୍ୱରୂପ (ବିଶ୍ୱାତ୍ମା)ର ‘ରାତ୍ରି’ କୁହାଯାଏ। ଏହିପରି ଏହି ଶ୍ରୁତିବାକ୍ୟର ଅର୍ଥ କହିବା ଓ ବୁଝିବା ଉଚିତ।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames pralaya as a state beyond ordinary opposites (day/night, being/non-being). It teaches that before manifestation, only an undifferentiated ‘darkness’ is spoken of, and from that the One becomes the universal form; therefore śruti statements about origins must be understood as pointing to a reality beyond conceptual binaries.
Arjuna is presented as speaking and articulating an interpretive gloss on a śruti-like cosmological statement: describing the dissolution state and explaining that this condition is metaphorically the ‘night’ of the cosmic form, urging that the passage’s meaning be properly expounded and grasped.