Shloka 86
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
जगौ यद् भगवान् व्यासो राज्ञ: पारिक्षितस्य वै । सूतपुत्रने कहा--शौनकजी! मैं तुमसे वेदतुल्य प्रमाणभूत सारा पुरातन वृत्तान्त कहूँगा
jagau yad bhagavān vyāso rājñaḥ pārīkṣitasya vai | sūtaputrāya kathā—śaunakajī! ahaṃ tubhyaṃ vedatulyapramāṇabhūtaṃ sarvaṃ purātana-vṛttāntaṃ vakṣyāmi, yaṃ bhagavān vyāsaḥ rājñe janamejayāya śrāvayāmāsa | manaś caiva api tato bhūtam avyaktaguṇa-lakṣaṇam | nārāyaṇa-paraḥ kālo jyotiṣām ayanaṃ ca yat ||
Śaunaka sprach: „Jenen uralten Bericht, der wie die Veda Autorität besitzt, den der erhabene Vyāsa einst im Geschlecht Parīkṣits vortrug und dem Sohn des Sūta übermittelte, will ich euch nun erzählen. Der Geist selbst, das Unmanifestierte (avyakta), gekennzeichnet durch feine Qualitäten und Merkmale, ebenso wie die Zeit und der Lauf der Himmelslichter — all dies ruht auf Nārāyaṇa und ist von Ihm abhängig.“
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts a theological-metaphysical hierarchy: mind (as an unmanifest principle), time, and the motions of the luminaries are not independent ultimate realities; they are grounded in and dependent upon Nārāyaṇa as the supreme support.
Śaunaka frames the transmission of an ancient, Veda-like authoritative account: what Vyāsa conveyed within the royal lineage (Parīkṣit/Janamejaya) and to the Sūta’s son is now being retold, introducing a cosmological teaching centered on Nārāyaṇa.