Shloka 52
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
भूतभव्यभविष्याणां छिन्नसर्वार्थसंशय: । ये हृतिक्रान्तका: पूर्व सहस्रयुगपर्यया:
bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyāṇāṁ chinnasarvārthasaṁśayaḥ | ye hṛtikrāntakāḥ pūrva sahasrayugaparyayāḥ ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : « Ton doute au sujet de toutes choses — passé, présent et avenir — sera entièrement tranché. Les anciennes révolutions du temps, s’étendant sur des milliers de yuga et déjà écoulées, tu pourras les contempler par mon ordre ; et, pourvu de la puissance de l’ascèse, tu percevras aussi de nombreux cycles de création qui ne sont pas encore advenus. »
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
True knowledge dispels doubt across time: when insight (often linked with tapas and divine authorization) arises, uncertainty about past, present, and future is ‘cut off,’ revealing the patterned, cyclical nature of cosmic time.
Vaiśampāyana reports a boon or assurance being given: the listener’s doubts will be removed, and they will gain a visionary capacity to behold vast yuga-cycles—both those already elapsed and those yet to unfold—through command/permission and ascetic power.