Shloka 21
अग्निनाम-प्रादुर्भावः प्रायश्चित्त-विधानं च
Agni’s Epithets, Manifestations, and Expiation Procedures
सर्वरिहेन्द्रियार्थस्तु व्यक्ताव्यक्तै: सुसंवृतैः । चतुर्विशक इत्येष व्यक्ताव्यक्तमयो गुण: । एतत् ते सर्वमाख्यातं कि भूय: श्रोतुमिच्छसि
sarvair indriyārthas tu vyaktāvyaktaiḥ susaṃvṛtaiḥ | caturviṃśaka ity eṣa vyaktāvyaktamayo guṇaḥ | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi ||
The hunter said: “All the objects of the senses are well encompassed within the manifest and the unmanifest. This principle is spoken of as the ‘twenty-fourfold’—a quality constituted of both the manifest and the unmanifest. I have explained all this to you; what more do you wish to hear?”
व्याध उवाच
Educational Q&A
The speaker frames experience and sense-objects within a Sāṃkhya-style metaphysical map: reality is analyzed as manifest (vyakta) and unmanifest (avyakta), and this analysis is summarized as the ‘twenty-fourfold’ set of principles (tattvas). The ethical implication is that understanding the structure of experience supports discernment and restraint rather than being driven by sense-objects.
Vyādha concludes a doctrinal explanation to his listener, summarizing his account of manifest/unmanifest principles and the twenty-fourfold scheme, and then invites further questions—signaling a pause in instruction and readiness to continue teaching if the listener wishes.