Shloka 29
Guru’s Instruction on Dream, Mind, Guṇas, and Knowing Brahman
Svapna–Manas–Guṇa–Brahma-vicāra
नादो<यं कीदृशो देव नैतं विद्य वयं प्रभो । को5सौ हि कस्य वा नादो येन विह्वलितं जगत्
nādo ’yaṃ kīdṛśo deva naitaṃ vidma vayaṃ prabho | ko ’sau hi kasya vā nādo yena vihvalitaṃ jagat ||
Bhīṣma berkata: “Wahai Yang Ilahi, bunyi apakah ini? Wahai Tuan, kami tidak memahaminya. Suara siapakah ini—siapa yang mengumandangkannya—hingga seluruh jagat tampak terguncang, gelisah, dan kebingungan?”
भीष्म उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights intellectual humility and dharmic inquiry: when confronted with overwhelming or uncanny phenomena, the wise do not pretend certainty but ask carefully—seeking the source and meaning before reacting.
Bhīṣma addresses a divine or authoritative figure, expressing that neither he nor others can identify a powerful sound that has unsettled the world, and he asks whose sound it is and what its source may be.