Shloka 14
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
धरण्यामथ लीनायामप्सु चैकार्णवे पुरा । ज्योतिर्भूते जले चापि लीने ज्योतिषि चानिले
dharaṇyām atha līnāyām apsu caikārṇave purā | jyotir-bhūte jale cāpi līne jyotiṣi cānile, nṛpaśreṣṭha adya tvaṁ pañcabhūtānām ātyantika-pralayasya vṛttāntaṁ śṛṇu |
Sinabi ni Vaiśampāyana: “O pinakamainam sa mga hari, ngayo’y pakinggan ang ganap na pagkalusaw ng limang dakilang sangkap. Noong unang panahon, nang ang lupa ay lumubog sa tubig ng iisang karagatang kosmiko; at ang tubig—na naging liwanag—ay lumubog sa liwanag; at ang liwanag sa hangin, nilamon ang buong kalawakan nang paisa-isang yugto. At nang ang lahat ng anyo ay umurong sa mas maselang pinagmulan nito, wala nang matukoy saanman—kadiliman lamang, at wala nang iba.”
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
All manifested forms are impermanent and ultimately resolve back into subtler causes; recognizing this cosmic reabsorption supports detachment and steadiness in dharma by loosening clinging to transient worldly structures.
Vaiśampāyana describes an ancient scene of cosmic dissolution: earth merges into water, water into the fiery/light principle, and that into wind, indicating a stepwise withdrawal of the elements until perceptible reality disappears into darkness.