Shloka 37
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
विश्वाविश्वेति यदिदं गन्धर्विेन्द्रानुपृच्छसि । विश्वाव्यक्तं परं विद्याद् भूतभव्यभयंकरम्
viśvāviśveti yad idaṃ gandharvīndrānupṛcchasi | viśvāvyaktaṃ paraṃ vidyād bhūtabhavyabhayaṅkaram ||
যাজ্ঞবল্ক্য বললেন—হে গন্ধর্বেন্দ্র! তুমি ‘বিশ্বা’ ও ‘অবিশ্ব’ সম্বন্ধে যা জিজ্ঞাসা করছ, জেনে রেখো—‘বিশ্বা’ হল পরম অব্যক্ত; সেই সর্বোচ্চ তত্ত্ব, যা ভূত ও ভবিষ্যৎ জীবসমূহের কাছেও ভয়ংকর প্রতীয়মান।
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the highest reality as the all-pervading Unmanifest (avyakta), beyond the categories of ‘universal’ and ‘non-universal’ as ordinarily conceived, and portrays it as a transcendent principle that inspires awe across time (past and future).
In a philosophical exchange in Śānti Parva, Yājñavalkya responds to a question posed to him (addressed as ‘lord of the Gandharvas’) about the notions of viśva and aviśva, redirecting the inquiry toward the supreme, unmanifest ground of existence.