Shloka 29
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
ज्ञान ज्ञेयं तथा ज्ञो$ज्ञ: कस्तपा अतपास्तथा | सूर्याति सूर्य इति च विद्याविद्ये तथैव च
jñānaṃ jñeyaṃ tathā jño ’jñaḥ kas tapā atapās tathā | sūryāti-sūrya iti ca vidyāvidye tathaiva ca ||
Yājñavalkya dit : «(Tu demandes :) Qu’est-ce que la connaissance, et qu’est-ce que le connaissable ? Qui est le connaissant, et qui est l’ignorant ? Qui est véritablement austère, et qui ne l’est pas ? Qui est le “soleil”, et qui est “au-delà du soleil” ? Et de même, qu’est-ce que la vidyā (science sacrée) et qu’est-ce que l’avidyā (ignorance) ?»
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a systematic set of philosophical distinctions—knowledge/knowable, knower/ignorant, true austerity/false austerity, and vidyā/avidyā—implying that ethical and spiritual progress depends on correct discernment of these categories.
Yājñavalkya is responding in a didactic setting within Śānti Parva, restating a sequence of questions that guide the forthcoming explanation of metaphysical and ethical fundamentals.