Shloka 69
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच कृत्स्नधारिणमेव त्वां मन्ये गन्धर्वसत्तम । जिज्ञाससे च मां राजंस्तन्निबोध यथाश्रुतम्
yājñavalkya uvāca | kṛtsnadhāriṇam eva tvāṃ manye gandharvasattama | jijñāsase ca māṃ rājan tan nibodha yathāśrutam ||
যাজ্ঞবল্ক্য ক’লে— হে গন্ধৰ্বশ্ৰেষ্ঠ, মই তোমাক নিঃসন্দেহে সম্পূৰ্ণ বোধ ধাৰণ কৰা বুলি মানো। তথাপি, হে ৰাজন, তুমি মোৰ পৰা সুধি মোৰ মত জানিব খুজিছা; সেয়ে শুনা— মই যিদৰে শুনিছোঁ, তেনেদৰেই তোমাক ক’ম।
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when the listener is learned, inquiry is valuable; the speaker responds with humility by presenting knowledge as 'received' (yathāśrutam), emphasizing faithful transmission and careful listening as ethical disciplines in the pursuit of dharma.
Yājñavalkya addresses a king—praised as the foremost among Gandharvas—acknowledging his comprehensive intelligence, yet noting that he still asks questions. Yājñavalkya then prepares to answer by recounting what he has heard in tradition.