Shloka 4
Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)
आप इत्येवं ब्रह्मभूतसंज्ञकेउद्धितीये प्रतिछिते,सब ओर केवल जल-ही-जल स्थित था। दूसरा कोई तत्त्व नहीं दिखायी देता था, मानो एकमात्र उद्वितीय ब्रह्म अपनी ही महिमामें प्रतिष्ठित हो
Āpa ity evaṁ brahma-bhūta-saṁjñake ’dvitīye pratiṣṭhite, sarvataḥ kevalaṁ jala-hī-jalaṁ sthitaṁ āsīt. Dvitīyaṁ kaścid api tattvaṁ na dṛśyate sma, māno ’dvitīyaṁ brahma svayaṁ mahimni pratiṣṭhitam.
阿周那说道：“当那被称为‘梵之存在’——不二的真实——安立之时，处处唯有水而已。全然不见任何第二原理，仿佛那唯一无匹的梵，只安住于自身的威德之中。”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes advitīya (non-dual) reality: when Brahman is established, no ‘second’ principle is truly apprehended. The imagery of all-pervading waters underscores a condition where multiplicity is not manifest and ultimate reality stands self-supported in its own glory.
Arjuna describes a cosmological/ontological vision: everywhere appears only water, with no other distinct element visible. This scene is framed as the establishment of the non-dual Brahman, suggesting a primordial or dissolution-like state where differentiation has not arisen (or has subsided).