Mahābhārata · Adhyāya 12.326
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12.326.1
अव्यक्तव्यक्ततत्वानां निश्चयं भरतर्षभ ।
वक्तुमर्हसि कौरव्य देवस्याजस्य या कृतिः ॥ १२.३२६.१ ॥
O best of the Bharatas, O Kauravya, you ought to tell the certain truth about the principles of the unmanifest and the manifest — what is the work of that unborn god.
12.326.2
अत्राप्युदाहरन्तीमं संवादं गुरुशिष्ययोः ।
कपिलस्यासुरेश्चैव सर्वदुःखविमोक्षणम् ॥ १२.३२६.२ ॥
Here too they recount this dialogue between teacher and disciple, between Kapila and Āsuri, which grants release from all suffering.
12.326.3
अव्यक्तव्यक्ततत्वानां निश्चयं बुद्धिनिश्चयम् ।
भगवन्नमितप्रज्ञ वक्तुमर्हसि मेऽर्थितः ॥ १२.३२६.३ ॥
O blessed one, O you of humble wisdom, you ought to tell me, as I request, the settled conviction of the intellect about the principles of the unmanifest and the manifest.
12.326.4
किं व्यक्तं किमव्यक्तं किं व्यक्ता ।
व्यक्तं किमिति तत्वानि।
किमाद्यं मध्यमं च तत्वानां ।
किमध्यात्माधिभूतदैवतं च ॥ १२.३२६.४ ॥
What is manifest, what is unmanifest, what is the manifest-one, what is the manifest — what are these principles? Among the principles, what is the first, what is the middle, and what is the deity of the self, of the elements, and of the divine?
12.326.5
किंनु सर्गाप्ययं कति सर्गाः किं भूतं ।
किं भविष्यं किं भव्यं च किं ज्ञानम्।
को ज्ञाता किं बुद्धं किमप्रबुद्धं ।
किं बुध्यमानं कति पर्वाणि ॥ १२.३२६.५ ॥
Then what are creation and dissolution, how many creations are there? What is past, what is future, and what is to-be? What is knowledge, who is the knower, what is the understood, what is the not-understood, what is that which is being understood, and how many divisions are there?
12.326.6
कति स्रोतांसि कति कर्मयोनयः ।
किमेकत्वं नानात्वम्।
किं सहवासं निवासं ।
किं विद्याविद्यमिति ॥ १२.३२६.६ ॥
How many streams are there, how many sources of action? What is oneness, what is manifoldness? What is co-dwelling, what is dwelling? What is knowledge and ignorance?