Shloka 30
श्रेयो-धर्मकर्मविचारः
Inquiry into Śreyas, Dharma, and Karma
संहारविक्षेपसहसत्रकोटी - स्तिष्ठन्ति जीवा: प्रचरन्ति चान्ये । प्रजाविसर्गस्य च पारिमाण्यं वापीसहस्राणि बहूनि दैत्य
saṃhāra-vikṣepa-sahasra-koṭī-stiṣṭhanti jīvāḥ pracaranti cānye | prajā-visargasya ca pārimāṇyaṃ vāpī-sahasrāṇi bahūni daitya ||
毗湿摩说：“无量无数的亿亿众生，或停驻于毁灭与散布的轮回之中，或在活动的存在里往来运行。造化倾泻之量亦广大不可计——如千千万万的水库一般，噢，代底耶！因此，世界的生起与消逝不可度量；不应执著它为常住不变。”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse stresses the immeasurable scale of cosmic processes—beings are continually projected into activity and withdrawn again—so worldly existence should be understood as impermanent, encouraging detachment and steadiness in dharma.
In Śānti Parva, Bhīṣma instructs on higher principles after the war; here he describes the vast, recurring cycles of creation and dissolution and addresses a ‘Daitya’ as part of a cosmological exposition.