Shloka 86
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
जगौ यद् भगवान् व्यासो राज्ञ: पारिक्षितस्य वै । सूतपुत्रने कहा--शौनकजी! मैं तुमसे वेदतुल्य प्रमाणभूत सारा पुरातन वृत्तान्त कहूँगा
jagau yad bhagavān vyāso rājñaḥ pārīkṣitasya vai | sūtaputrāya kathā—śaunakajī! ahaṃ tubhyaṃ vedatulyapramāṇabhūtaṃ sarvaṃ purātana-vṛttāntaṃ vakṣyāmi, yaṃ bhagavān vyāsaḥ rājñe janamejayāya śrāvayāmāsa | manaś caiva api tato bhūtam avyaktaguṇa-lakṣaṇam | nārāyaṇa-paraḥ kālo jyotiṣām ayanaṃ ca yat ||
シャウナカは言った。「ヴェーダに等しく権威あるその古き物語—かつて福徳あるヴィヤーサがパリークシットの王統において誦し、スータの子へと伝えたもの—それを今、汝らに語ろう。心そのもの、微妙な徳相を備えた未顕の原理（アヴィヤクタ）、また時と、天の光明の運行—これらすべてはナーラーヤナに依り、ナーラーヤナに支えられている。」
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts a theological-metaphysical hierarchy: mind (as an unmanifest principle), time, and the motions of the luminaries are not independent ultimate realities; they are grounded in and dependent upon Nārāyaṇa as the supreme support.
Śaunaka frames the transmission of an ancient, Veda-like authoritative account: what Vyāsa conveyed within the royal lineage (Parīkṣit/Janamejaya) and to the Sūta’s son is now being retold, introducing a cosmological teaching centered on Nārāyaṇa.