Shloka 26
Adhyāya 352: Brāhmaṇa–Nāga Saṃvāda — Uñchavrata-niścaya
Dialogue and the Resolve to Practice Uñchavrata
आधार तु प्रवक्ष्यामि एकस्य पुरुषस्य ते । बहूनां पुरुषाणां स यथैका योनिरुच्यते
ādhāraṃ tu pravakṣyāmi ekasya puruṣasya te | bahūnāṃ puruṣāṇāṃ sa yathaikā yonir ucyate ||
ଏବେ ମୁଁ ତୁମକୁ ସେଇ ଏକ ପୁରୁଷ ବିଷୟରେ କହିବି, ଯିଏ ସମସ୍ତଙ୍କର ଆଧାର; ଏବଂ ଯେପରି ସେ ଅନେକ ପୁରୁଷଙ୍କର ଏକମାତ୍ର କାରଣ—ଏକ ଯୋନି—ବୋଲି କୁହାଯାଏ, ସେଥି ମଧ୍ୟ ବ୍ୟାଖ୍ୟା କରିବି।
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Bhīṣma introduces a metaphysical doctrine: behind the multiplicity of individual persons stands a single foundational Reality (puruṣa) that is the support of all and is described as the one causal source (yoni) of the many.
In the Mokṣa/Dharma instruction of Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma transitions into an explanation to his listener about the ultimate ground of existence—how the One relates to the many—setting up a teaching on origin, support, and the unity underlying plurality.