Shloka 81
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
एवमप्रतिबुद्धश्न बुध्यमानश्न तेडनघ । बुद्धश्नोक्तो यथातत्त्वं मया श्रुतिनिदर्शनात्
evam apratibuddhaś ca budhyamānaś ca te 'nagha | buddhaś coktō yathātattvaṁ mayā śrutinidarśanāt | niṣpāpa gandharvarāja |
罪なき者よ、ガンダルヴァの王よ——このように私は、シュルティ（ヴェーダの証言）に従って、真理をありのままに説き明かした。すなわち、未覚の状態、覚醒へ向かう過程、そして覚醒の境地である。このシュルティに根ざす教えによって、無知覚の自然（プラクリティ）、知覚する個我（ジーヴァートマン）、そして本質が純粋な覚知である至上我（パラマートマン）との真の区別を示したのである。
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse summarizes a graded instruction: the unawakened state, the process of awakening through discernment, and the awakened realization. Yājñavalkya emphasizes that his account is grounded in śruti (Vedic revelation) and points toward correct knowledge of reality—distinguishing inert Nature (prakṛti), the conscious individual self (jīva/ātman), and the Supreme Self (paramātman) as pure awareness.
Yājñavalkya addresses the Gandharva king respectfully as ‘sinless’ and concludes a doctrinal explanation. He states that he has taught the matter ‘as it truly is,’ citing śruti as his evidentiary basis, thereby closing or summarizing a section of instruction on awakening and true knowledge.