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 |
Oh intachable, oh rey de los Gandharvas: así te he expuesto, conforme al testimonio de la śruti (los Vedas), la verdad tal como es: el estado del no despierto, el proceso del despertar y la condición del despierto. Con esta enseñanza fundada en la śruti, he mostrado la distinción real entre la Naturaleza inerte (Prakṛti), el yo individual consciente (jīvātman) y el Sí mismo supremo (Paramātman), cuya esencia es la pura conciencia.
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.