Shloka 53
अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः
Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic
तांश्व सर्वान् मयोदिष्टान् द्रक्ष्य्से तपसान्वित: । पुनर्द्क्ष्सि चानेकसहस्रयुगपर्ययान्
Vaiśampāyana uvāca: tān sarvān mayodiṣṭān drakṣyase tapasānvitāḥ | punar drakṣyasi cāneka-sahasra-yuga-paryayān ||
Vaiśampāyana dit : « Pourvu de la puissance de l’ascèse, tu contempleras tout ce que je t’ai indiqué. Tu verras encore les révolutions de milliers et de milliers de yuga, afin que ton doute sur tout — passé, présent et avenir — se dissipe, et que les immenses cycles du temps, déjà écoulés comme à venir, te deviennent directement évidents. »
वैशम्पायन उवाच
Educational Q&A
Ascetic discipline (tapas) is presented as a means to direct insight into the vast cycles of time; such vision removes doubt by grounding understanding in experiential knowledge rather than speculation.
Vaiśampāyana reports a promise or boon: the listener (implicitly addressed as “you”) will, through tapas and by the speaker’s instruction, gain the capacity to perceive innumerable yuga-cycles—both those already elapsed and those yet to come—thereby resolving uncertainty about past, present, and future.