Shloka 10
Adhyāya 353 — Kathā-prāmāṇya (Authority of Transmission) and the Brāhmaṇa’s Ascetic Resolve
एको हुताशो बहुधा समिध्यते एक: सूर्यस्तपसो योनिरेका । एको वायुर्बहुधा वाति लोके महोदधिश्चाम्भसां योनिरेक: । पुरुषश्वैको निर्गुणो विश्वरूप- स््तं निर्गुणं पुरुषं चाविशन्ति
eko hutāśo bahudhā samidhyate, ekaḥ sūryas tapaso yonir ekā | eko vāyur bahudhā vāti loke, mahodadhiś cāmbhasāṁ yonir ekaḥ | puruṣaś caiko nirguṇo viśvarūpas, taṁ nirguṇaṁ puruṣaṁ cāviśanti |
毗湿摩说道：“火本是一体，却因所燃之薪不同而呈现种种炽焰。太阳本是一轮，世间的热与光皆由此而来。苦行（tapas）形态多端，其源却唯一。风本是一气，却在世间化作不同的流动；大海亦是一处，为诸水之共同胎藏与归宿。正如是，离诸德相的普鲁沙（nirguṇa Puruṣa）亦唯有一位——虽以无量形相显现为宇宙——而一切众生终将归入同一离德之普鲁沙。”
पितामह उवाच
Educational Q&A
Multiplicity in the world is an expression of a single underlying reality: just as one fire, sun, wind, and ocean appear in many modes, so the one attributeless Purusha appears as the universe; ultimately, beings resolve back into that one source.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Bhīṣma addresses Yudhiṣṭhira and explains metaphysical unity through natural analogies, emphasizing the one Nirguṇa Purusha as the origin and final resting-place of all.