Shloka 2
शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test
यथा संहरते जन्तून् ससर्ज च पुन: पुनः । अनादिनिधनो ब्रह्मा नित्यश्चाक्षर एव च
yathā saṁharate jantūn sasarja ca punaḥ punaḥ | anādinidhano brahmā nityaś cākṣara eva ca ||
Yājñavalkya dit : « Je vais expliquer—écoute avec attention—comment Brahmā, Réalité impérissable et éternelle, sans commencement ni fin, fait naître encore et encore les êtres vivants, puis les retire lors de la dissolution. »
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse introduces the doctrine of cyclical cosmology: the same eternal, imperishable principle—described as Brahmā/akṣara—repeatedly manifests beings (creation) and withdraws them (dissolution), implying that change belongs to the world-process while the ultimate ground remains constant.
Yājñavalkya begins an explanation to his listener(s), announcing that he will describe the mechanism or manner by which beings are created and dissolved again and again by the eternal, beginningless and endless Brahmā.