Shloka 88
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
कारणं पुरुषो होषां प्रधानं चापि कारणम् | स्वभावश्चैव कर्माणि दैवं येषां च कारणम्,पुरुष, प्रधान, स्वभाव, कर्म तथा दैव-ये जिन वस्तुओंके कारण हैं, वे भी नारायणरूप ही हैं
kāraṇaṃ puruṣo hy eṣāṃ pradhānaṃ cāpi kāraṇam | svabhāvaś caiva karmāṇi daivaṃ yeṣāṃ ca kāraṇam ||
毗舍摩波耶那说道：对于这些众生与诸事，补卢沙（Puruṣa，灵我）为一因；原质（Pradhāna，太初自然）亦为一因。其自性（svabhāva）、其业行（karmāṇi），乃至天命/宿命（daiva），也都被称为因。此中所示之教义是：一切因的原则，终究皆依止于那罗延，并为那罗延所摄；故不应执一因以为绝对，而当认知至上者为因果与责任之最终根基。
वैशग्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Multiple causes are acknowledged—Puruṣa (conscious principle), Pradhāna (primordial nature), svabhāva (inborn disposition), karma (action), and daiva (destiny)—but the deeper purport is that all these derive their power and coherence from Nārāyaṇa as the ultimate ground.
In the didactic discourse of the Śānti Parva, Vaiśaṃpāyana summarizes a philosophical account of causation, listing competing explanatory factors and integrating them into a higher theistic framework centered on Nārāyaṇa.