Shloka 25
Vyaktāvyakta-Viveka and Nivṛtti as Paramā Gati
Manifest–Unmanifest Discrimination and the Supreme Path of Withdrawal
पुरुषाधिछितान् भावान् प्रकृति: सूयते यदा । हेतुयुक्तमत: पूर्व जगत् सम्परिवर्तते
puruṣādhiṣṭhitān bhāvān prakṛtiḥ sūyate yadā | hetuyuktam ataḥ pūrvaṁ jagat samparivartate ||
Wika ni Bhīṣma: Kapag ang Kalikasan (prakṛti) ay naglalabas ng iba’t ibang kalagayan at anyo na pinamumunuan ng Persona (puruṣa), ang Kalikasan mismo ang humuhubog sa sari-saring bagay na naisip sa pamamagitan ng Persona. Mula sa Kalikasang ito unang sumisibol ang daigdig kasama ang kaayusang sanhi at bunga; at pagkaraan, ang sansinukob ay nagpapatuloy sa paikot na mga pagbabago nito.
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse presents a Sāṅkhya-style account: the conscious principle (puruṣa) provides superintendence/intent, while prakṛti is the productive power that actually manifests the world. The universe arises with an intelligible causal structure (hetuyukta) and then continues through cyclical transformations.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and liberation, Bhīṣma explains to Yudhiṣṭhira the metaphysical basis of creation—how prakṛti, under the presiding presence of puruṣa, produces the manifold world and how that world proceeds through ongoing cycles of change.