[Pramāṇa](https://indike.org/pramana/) › [Indian literature](https://indike.org/pramana/in) › [Epic, Poetry, Drama & Narrative](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit) › [The Mahābhārata and its versions](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata) › [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa) › [Bharatabhavadipa](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha) › 6.26.17 # The Great Epic of the Bhārata dynasty 6.26.17 Bhāratabhāvadīpa 6.26.17 - **Language:** Sanskrit ### [6.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.17) yasyābhāvo nāsti tasya sataḥ sattve kiṃ mānamityāśaṅkyāha - avināśīti | tacchabdena prakṛtaṃ sat parāmṛśyate, yena satā idaṃ sarvaṃ viyadādi tataṃ vyāptam | ghaṭaḥ sanpaṭaḥ sanniti sarvasya sadabhedānubhavāt | yathā ghaṭo mṛt śarāvo mṛditi ghaṭādīnāṃ mṛdabhedānubhavānmṛdupādānakatvaṃ tadvatsarvasyāpi sadupādānakatvaṃ bodhyam | nanu mṛdvatsadapi kiṃ vikāravadbhavatītyāśaṅkyāha - avināśīti | tat sat avināśi viddhi | ayamarthaḥ pūrvāvasthāparityāgo'tra vināśaḥ | mṛddhi piṇḍākāratāṃ tyaktvā ghaṭībhavati ataḥ sā vināśaśīlā | vikāradhārāśrayatvāt | brahma tu na tathā | kiṃ tarhi ? rajjuvatsvayamavinaśyadeva kāryākāraṃ bhavati | svakīye ca sattāsphuraṇe kārye'rpayati | ato'vināśi | tathā ca śrutayaḥ “ajāyamāno bahudhā vijāyate”, “jāta eva na jāyate ko nvenaṃ janayetpunaḥ |” ajāyamānaḥ janmākhyaṃ vikāramalabhamāno'pi vijāyate viyadādirūpeṇāvirbhavati | tathā lokadṛṣṭyā jāto ghaṭādiḥ paramārthadṛṣṭyā na jāyate | pariṇāmyupādānasyābhāvāt | mṛdādestu svāpnamṛdādivattucchatvāt | ata enaṃ ghaṭādiṃ ko nu janayenna ko'pi | kutastarhi bhāsata iti cet rajjūragādivaditi dattottarametat | tathā “prāṇā vai satyaṃ teṣāmeṣa satyam”, “tasya bhāsā sarvamidaṃ vibhāti” iti | sataḥ satyatvena prāṇopalakṣitasya prapañcasya satyatvaṃ sato bhānameva prapañcasya bhānamiti | tathā ca prapañcagate sattāsphūrtī sataḥ sattve pramāṇamityarthaḥ | śrutiśca “annena somya śuṅgenāpomūlamanviccha adbhiḥ somya śuṅgena tejomūlamanviccha tejasā somya śuṅgena sanmūlamanviccha sanmūlāḥ somyemāḥ prajāḥ sadāyatanāḥ satpratiṣṭhāḥ” iti sato jagadupādānatvaṃ kāryaliṅgena draḍhayati | sato'vināśitvaṃ ca vināśahetvabhāvādityāha - vināśamiti | na vyeti nāpakṣīyata ityavyayam | etena sarvavikāraśūnyasya vināśo nāstītyarthaḥ | apakṣayo hi janmādivikāravata eva bhavatīti sa evātra sarvavikāropalakṣaṇatayā bodhyaḥ | na kaścidityanena tadanyasya vināśahetorabhāvo darśitaḥ | “dvitīyādvai bhayaṃ bhavati” iti śruteḥ || - [Previous: 6.26.16](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.16) - [Next: 6.26.18](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.18) - [Up: 6.26](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26) ## Linked texts (1) - [Mahābhārata](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa.6.24.17) — Vyāsa, Sanskrit --- Source: [https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.17](https://indike.org/pramana/in.lit.mahabharata.vyasa!nilakantha.6.26.17) · Pramāṇa