अध्याय 12
श्लोक 287.1
[भी] पुनर एव तु पप्रच्छ जनकॊ मिथिलाधिपः पराशरं महात्मानं धर्मे परमनिश्चयम
[bhī] punara eva tu papraccha janakò mithilādhipaḥ parāśaraṃ mahātmānaṃ dharme paramaniścayama
हिन्दी अर्थ
सनत्कुमारो धर्मात्मा संशयच्छेदनाय वै उनके संशयका निवारण करनेके लिये आ पहुँचे
English
" Yudhishthira said, 'Whence has this universe consisting of mobile and immobile creatures been created? Whom does it go to when destruction sets in? Tell me this, O grandsire! Indeed, by whom has this universe with its oceans, its firmament, its mountains, its clouds, its lands, its fire, and its wind, been created. How were all objects created? Whence this division into separate orders of existence? Whence are their purity and impurity, and the ordinances about virtue and vice? Of what kind is the life of living creatures? Where also do they go who die. Tell us everything about this and the other world.'