Shloka 15
Adhyātma-nirdeśa
Definition of Adhyātma): Mahābhūtas, Indriyas, Guṇas, and the Witness (Kṣetrajña
बीजमात्र पुरा सृष्टं यदेतत् परिवर्तते । मृतामृता: प्रणश्यन्ति बीजाद् बीजं प्रवर्तते
bījamātraṃ purā sṛṣṭaṃ yad etat parivartate | mṛtāmṛtāḥ praṇaśyanti bījād bījaṃ pravartate ||
ابتدا میں صرف ‘بیج-تत्त्व’ کی تخلیق ہوئی؛ اسی سے یہ جگت گردش کرتا اور نیا ہوتا رہتا ہے۔ جو مر جاتے ہیں وہ فرد کی حیثیت سے فنا ہو جاتے ہیں؛ مگر بیج سے بیج کی پیدائش جاری رہتی ہے۔
भरद्वाज उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes cyclical causality: individual beings perish, but the generative principle (bīja) persists, producing continuity through repeated origination. It highlights impermanence at the personal level alongside ongoing reproduction/renewal at the cosmic or natural level.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Bharadvāja presents a philosophical explanation of how the world continues: creation begins from a seed-like causal principle, and although living beings die, the chain of generation continues as seed gives rise to seed.