Shloka 5
जनक–पराशर संवादः — वर्ण-गोत्र-धर्मविचारः
Janaka–Parāśara: Varṇa, Gotra, and Dharma Inquiry
ततः सृष्टानि भूतानि तानि यान्ति पुनः पुनः । महाभूतानि भूतेभ्य ऊर्मय: सागरे यथा,जैसे महाभूत सूक्ष्म भूतोंसे प्रकट होते और उन्हींमें लयको प्राप्त होते हैं; तथा जैसे लहरें समुद्रसे प्रकट होकर फिर उसीमें लीन हो जाती हैं, उसी प्रकार परमात्मासे समस्त प्राणी उत्पन्न होते और पुनः उसीमें लीन हो जाते हैं
tataḥ sṛṣṭāni bhūtāni tāni yānti punaḥ punaḥ | mahābhūtāni bhūtebhya ūrmayaḥ sāgare yathā ||
ततः सृष्टानि भूतानि तानि यान्ति पुनः पुनः। महाभूतानि भूतेभ्य ऊर्मयः सागरे यथा॥
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
All beings repeatedly arise from a single ultimate source (the Supreme Self) and inevitably return to it; creation and dissolution are cyclical, like waves emerging from and merging back into the ocean.
In Bhīṣma’s instruction in the Śānti Parva, he explains the nature of cosmic process—how beings and elements manifest and dissolve—using the ocean-and-waves analogy to guide the listener toward detachment and insight into the Supreme.