नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
विश्वाविश्वेति यदिदं गन्धर्विेन्द्रानुपृच्छसि । विश्वाव्यक्तं परं विद्याद् भूतभव्यभयंकरम्
viśvāviśveti yad idaṃ gandharvīndrānupṛcchasi | viśvāvyaktaṃ paraṃ vidyād bhūtabhavyabhayaṅkaram ||
ヤージュニャヴァルキヤは言った。「汝が問う『普遍と非普遍』について言えば、至上の実在とは、万有に遍満する無顕(アヴィヤクタ Avyakta)であると知れ。それは最高の原理であり、過去と未来の衆生をも畏れさせる。なぜなら、それは常の知覚を超え、在るものと在らんとするものすべての根拠となるからだ。」
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
The verse identifies the highest reality as the all-pervading Unmanifest (avyakta), beyond the categories of ‘universal’ and ‘non-universal’ as ordinarily conceived, and portrays it as a transcendent principle that inspires awe across time (past and future).
In a philosophical exchange in Śānti Parva, Yājñavalkya responds to a question posed to him (addressed as ‘lord of the Gandharvas’) about the notions of viśva and aviśva, redirecting the inquiry toward the supreme, unmanifest ground of existence.