Shloka 5
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
ततः प्रणम्य शिरसा मयोक्तस्तपतां वर: । यजूषि नोपयुक्तानि क्षिप्रमिच्छामि वेदितुम्
tataḥ praṇamya śirasā mayoktas tapatāṃ varaḥ | yajūṃṣi nopayuktāni kṣipram icchāmi veditum |
Entonces, inclinando la cabeza en señal de reverencia, me dirigí al Sol—el primero entre los ascetas—y dije: «Señor, deseo conocer pronto aquellos mantras del Yajurveda que antes no han sido utilizados por nadie.»
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights humility and disciplined aspiration in the pursuit of sacred knowledge: one approaches a worthy source with reverence, and seeks learning not for vanity but for authentic, potent understanding—here, mantras that are fresh and unappropriated, implying purity of transmission and purpose.
Yājñavalkya bows to the Sun deity, praised as the foremost among ascetics, and petitions him for swift instruction in Yajurvedic mantras that have not been previously used by others—setting up a revelation/teaching episode centered on Vedic acquisition.