Shloka 5
Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)
न वै रात्र्यां न दिवसे न सति नासति न व्यक्ते न चाप्यव्यक्ते व्यवस्थिते,उस समय न रात थी, न दिन। न सत् था, न असत। न व्यक्त था और न अव्यक्तकी ही स्थिति थी
na vai rātryāṁ na divase na sati nāsati na vyakte na cāpyavyakte vyavasthite
সেই সময়ত ন ৰাতি আছিল, ন দিন; ন সৎ আছিল, ন অসৎ। ন ব্যক্ত অৱস্থা আছিল, আৰু অব্যক্তো পৃথক অৱস্থা হিচাপে প্ৰতিষ্ঠিত নাছিল।
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to a primordial condition beyond ordinary opposites—night/day, existence/non-existence, manifest/unmanifest—suggesting that ultimate reality (or the pre-creation state) cannot be captured by conventional categories.
Arjuna is speaking in a reflective, philosophical context, describing a pre-cosmic or dissolution-like state where familiar distinctions do not apply, setting up a discussion on the origin of the world and the nature of reality.