Shloka 47

Devanagari script

आहु: सर्वमिदं चिन्त्यं जना: केचिन्मनीषया । अस्या: पज्चैव चिन्ताया: पर्येष्यामि च पञजचधा,कुछ विद्वान्‌ अपनी बुद्धिके बलसे कहते हैं कि यह सब कुछ कालसंज्ञक ब्रह्म है। इसका इसी रूपमें चिन्तन करना चाहिये। इस चिन्तनके मास आदि उपर्युक्त पाँच ही विषय हैं। मैं पूर्वोक्त पाँच भेदोंसे युक्त कालको जानता हूँ

Transliteration

āhuḥ sarvam idaṃ cintyaṃ janāḥ kecin manīṣayā | asyāḥ pañcaiva cintāyāḥ paryeṣyāmi ca pañcadhā ||

Translation

قال شَكْرَة: «إن بعضَ أهلِ الفكر، بقوة عقولهم، يعلنون أن هذا كلَّه ينبغي أن يُتأمَّل بوصفه براهْمَن تحت اسم “الزَّمان” (كالا). وينبغي أن تكون التأمّلات على تلك الصورة بعينها. ولهذا التأمّل خمسةُ موضوعاتٍ رئيسة؛ وسأفحص هذا التأمّل الخماسي وأبيّنه.»

Word by Word

• {'āhuḥ': 'they say

• they declare', 'sarvam idam': 'all this (entire manifested world)', 'cintyam': 'to be contemplated/meditated upon

• an object of reflective inquiry', 'janāḥ kecit': 'some people', 'manīṣayā': 'with insight/intelligence

• by reflective wisdom', 'asyāḥ': 'of this (contemplation/inquiry)', 'pañca eva': 'exactly five', 'cintāyāḥ': 'of contemplation

• of reflective thought', 'paryeṣyāmi': 'I will investigate/examine

• I will expound after inquiry', 'pañcadhā': 'in five ways

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Kāla (Time, as a designation for Brahman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a contemplative doctrine: some sages identify the ultimate principle (Brahman) with ‘Time’ (kāla) and recommend meditating on reality through that lens, structured as a fivefold inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra) speaks, reporting a philosophical view held by certain wise thinkers and announcing that he will analyze and explain a five-part scheme of contemplation concerning Time as the supreme principle.