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Shloka 28

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

पज्चविंशतिमं प्रश्न॑ पप्रच्छान्वीक्षिकी तदा । विश्वाविश्वं तथाश्चाश्वृं मित्र वरुणमेव च

pañcaviṁśatitamaṁ praśnaṁ papracchānvīkṣikī tadā | viśvāviśvaṁ tathā cāśvaṁ mitra varuṇam eva ca pṛthvīnātha |

ત્યારે તેણે આન્વીક્ષિકી (તર્કવિદ્યા) વિષે પચીસમો પ્રશ્ન પૂછ્યો. હે પૃથ્વીનાથ! વેદ સંબંધિત ચોવીસ પ્રશ્નો પૂછ્યા પછી, તેણે આગળ પૂછ્યું—“વિશ્વા શું? અવિશ્વ શું? અશ્વ શું? અનશ્વ શું? મિત્ર શું? વરુણ શું?”

पञ्चविंशतिमम्twenty-fifth
पञ्चविंशतिमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपञ्चविंशति
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
प्रश्नम्question
प्रश्नम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootप्रश्न
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
पप्रच्छasked
पप्रच्छ:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ्
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular
आन्वीक्षिकीthe science of inquiry (Anvīkṣikī)
आन्वीक्षिकी:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootआन्वीक्षिकी
FormFeminine, Nominative, Singular
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
विश्वाViśvā (name/term: 'all, universal')
विश्वा:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootविश्व
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
अविश्वम्Aviśva (name/term: 'non-universal')
अविश्वम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअविश्व
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
तथाlikewise
तथा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अश्वाम्Aśvā (name/term)
अश्वाम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअश्वा
FormFeminine, Accusative, Singular
मित्रम्Mitra
मित्रम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमित्र
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
वरुणम्Varuṇa
वरुणम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootवरुण
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
पृथ्वीनाथO lord of the earth (king)
पृथ्वीनाथ:
Sampradana
TypeNoun
Rootपृथ्वी-नाथ
FormMasculine, Vocative, Singular

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Y
Yājñavalkya
M
Mitra
V
Varuṇa
V
Veda
Ā
Ānvīkṣikī

Educational Q&A

The verse frames a shift from purely Vedic questioning to Ānvīkṣikī—disciplined rational inquiry—by posing paired contrast-questions (all/not-all, horse/non-horse) and invoking Vedic deities (Mitra, Varuṇa). It highlights that understanding dharma and reality involves both scriptural tradition and careful conceptual analysis.

Yājñavalkya reports that, after a set of twenty-four questions about the Veda, the interlocutor raises the twenty-fifth question concerning Ānvīkṣikī and lists specific items to be defined or understood: viśvā, aviśva, aśva, non-aśva, and the deities Mitra and Varuṇa.