Shloka 20
ऋभु–निदाघ-संवादः—अद्वैत-उपदेशः, समता, वासुदेव-स्वरूप-एकत्वम्
वह्निना पार्थिवे धातौ क्षपिते क्षुत्समुद्भवः भवत्य् अम्भसि च क्षीणे नृणां तृड् अपि जायते
vahninā pārthive dhātau kṣapite kṣutsamudbhavaḥ bhavaty ambhasi ca kṣīṇe nṛṇāṃ tṛḍ api jāyate
అగ్నిచేత పార్థివ ధాతువు క్షీణించినప్పుడు ఆకలి పుడుతుంది; అలాగే జలము తగ్గినప్పుడు మనుష్యులకు దాహమూ కలుగుతుంది.
Sage Parāśara (teaching Maitreya)
FAQs
The verse frames hunger and thirst as effects of elemental depletion—hunger when the earthy constituent is consumed by fire, and thirst when water is reduced—showing a law-like order linking cosmos and body.
He explains that human sensations arise from changes in the elemental constituents (earth, water, fire), implying that embodied life mirrors the broader elemental processes described in creation teachings.
Though not named in the verse, the teaching belongs to Vishnu Purana’s vision of a universe operating under a supreme, sustaining principle—Vishnu as the ultimate ground of order in which such cause-and-effect relations hold.