Shloka 20
Brahmā’s Enumeration of Primacies (Ādi) and the Supremacy of Knowledge
Jñāna
सर्व कृतं विनाशान्तं जातस्य मरणं ध्रुवम् । अशाश्रवृतं हि लोके5स्मिन् सदा स्थावरजड्रमम्
sarvaṃ kṛtaṃ vināśāntaṃ jātasya maraṇaṃ dhruvam | aśāśvataṃ hi loke 'smin sadā sthāvara-jaṅgamam ||
ਵਾਯੁਦੇਵ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ— ਜੋ ਕੁਝ ਬਣਿਆ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਦਾ ਅੰਤ ਵਿਨਾਸ਼ ਹੀ ਹੈ; ਜੋ ਜੰਮਿਆ ਹੈ, ਉਸ ਦੀ ਮੌਤ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਲੋਕ ਵਿੱਚ ਨ ਥਾਵਰ ਨ ਜੰਗਮ— ਕੁਝ ਵੀ ਸਦਾ ਲਈ ਨਹੀਂ ਟਿਕਦਾ।
वायुदेव उवाच
Educational Q&A
All conditioned things are impermanent: whatever is produced will perish, and whoever is born will certainly die. The verse urges clear-sighted detachment and steadiness in dharma by recognizing the inevitability of change and death.
Vāyu-deva delivers a concise philosophical instruction, emphasizing the universal law of impermanence—applying it to all entities in the world, both immobile (sthāvara) and mobile (jaṅgama)—to guide the listener toward right understanding and composure.