Shloka 31

Devanagari script

प्रकृति: कुरुते देवी भव॑ प्रलयमेव च । दिवसान्ते गुणानेतानभ्येत्यैको&वतिष्ठते

Transliteration

prakṛtiḥ kurute devī bhavaṃ pralayam eva ca | divasānte guṇān etān abhyetya eko ’vatiṣṭhate ||

Translation

దేవీ ప్రకృతియే సృష్టి (భవం) మరియు ప్రళయాన్ని కలుగజేస్తుంది; అయితే చక్రాంతంలో ఈ గుణాలు లీనమైన తరువాత, ఏకమాత్రుడైన వాడు మాత్రమే స్థిరంగా నిలుస్తాడు.

Word by Word

प्रकृतिःPrakriti, nature

कुरुतेdoes, brings about

देवीthe goddess (divine one)

भवम्becoming, existence (world-process)

प्रलयम्dissolution, destruction

एवindeed, just

चand

दिवसान्तेat the end of the day

गुणान्the qualities (gunas)

एतान्these

अभ्येत्यhaving approached/entered into

एकःone, single

अवतिष्ठतेremains, stands firm

Speaker

वसिष्ठ उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

वसिष्ठ (Vasiṣṭha)

प

प्रकृति (Prakṛti)

द

देवी (Devī)

ए

एकः (the One)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Nature (prakṛti), constituted by the guṇas, is responsible for the cycles of manifestation and dissolution; when the guṇas subside at the end of the cycle, the ultimate One alone abides—pointing to a reality beyond changing qualities.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vasiṣṭha is instructing on cosmological and philosophical principles: the world-process arises and ends through prakṛti’s guṇas, but the final ground of being is the One that remains when all qualities and transformations are withdrawn.