Shloka 11
सत्य–अनृत, प्रकाश–तमस्, स्वर्ग–नरक विवेचनम्
Truth and Untruth as Light and Darkness; Svarga and Naraka as Ethical Consequences
भूगुरुवाच (नारायणो जगमन्मूर्तिरन्तरात्मा सनातन: । कूटस्थो$क्षर अव्यक्तो निर्लेपो व्यापक: प्रभु: ।।
bhīṣma uvāca |
bhṛgur uvāca—nārāyaṇo jaganmanmūrtir antarātmā sanātanaḥ |
kūṭastho ’kṣara avyaktō nirlepo vyāpakaḥ prabhuḥ ||
prakṛteḥ parato nityam indriyair apy agocaraḥ |
sa sisṛkṣuḥ sahasrāṃśād asṛjat puruṣaṃ prabhuḥ ||
mānaso nāma vikhyātaḥ śrutapūrvo maharṣibhiḥ |
anādinidhano devas tathābhedyo ’jarāmaraḥ ||
毗湿摩说：婆利古宣告——那罗延是宇宙之具身形相，是一切众生的内在自我（antarātman），亦是永恒之普鲁沙（Puruṣa）。他为不变之体（kūṭastha）、不坏、未显（avyakta）、不染诸德、遍一切处、自在之主；恒超越自性（Prakṛti），亦非诸根所能及。彼主兴起创世之意时，从自身千分之一分化出一位“普鲁沙”，为大圣仙最初所闻，名著为“摩那萨”（心生）普鲁沙。那原初心生之神无始无终，不可侵犯，不衰不死。
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches a Vedāntic vision of the Supreme: Nārāyaṇa is the inner Self of all, untouched and unmanifest, beyond material nature and sensory grasp, yet the sovereign source from whom creation proceeds.
Within Bhīṣma’s discourse, a citation of Bhṛgu describes how, when the Lord willed creation, He emanated a cosmic ‘Person’—the Mānasa Puruṣa—known to ancient seers as a primordial, deathless principle.