Shloka 81
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
एवमप्रतिबुद्धश्न बुध्यमानश्न तेडनघ । बुद्धश्नोक्तो यथातत्त्वं मया श्रुतिनिदर्शनात्
evam apratibuddhaś ca budhyamānaś ca te 'nagha | buddhaś coktō yathātattvaṁ mayā śrutinidarśanāt | niṣpāpa gandharvarāja |
O Makelloser, o König der Gandharvas—so habe ich dir, gemäß dem Zeugnis der śruti (der Veden), die Wahrheit dargelegt, wie sie ist: den Zustand des Un-Erwachten, den Vorgang des Erwachens und den Zustand des Erwachten. Durch diese auf śruti gegründete Lehre habe ich die wirkliche Unterscheidung zwischen der trägen Natur (Prakṛti), dem bewussten individuellen Selbst (jīvātman) und dem höchsten Selbst (Paramātman), dessen Wesen reines Gewahrsein ist, aufgezeigt.
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse summarizes a graded instruction: the unawakened state, the process of awakening through discernment, and the awakened realization. Yājñavalkya emphasizes that his account is grounded in śruti (Vedic revelation) and points toward correct knowledge of reality—distinguishing inert Nature (prakṛti), the conscious individual self (jīva/ātman), and the Supreme Self (paramātman) as pure awareness.
Yājñavalkya addresses the Gandharva king respectfully as ‘sinless’ and concludes a doctrinal explanation. He states that he has taught the matter ‘as it truly is,’ citing śruti as his evidentiary basis, thereby closing or summarizing a section of instruction on awakening and true knowledge.