Shloka 52

अध्याय ३५१ — उञ्छवृत्ति-व्रतसिद्धेः मानुषस्य परमगतिः

Sūrya–Nāga Dialogue on the Perfected Gleaner-Ascetic

Devanagari script

भूतभव्यभविष्याणां छिन्नसर्वार्थसंशय: । ये हृतिक्रान्तका: पूर्व सहस्रयुगपर्यया:,“भूत, वर्तमान और भविष्यके सभी विषयोंमें तुम्हारा संशय नष्ट हो जायगा। पहले जो सहस्न-युगोंके कल्प व्यतीत हो चुके हैं, उन सबको मेरी आज्ञासे तुम देख सकोगे और तपोबलसे सम्पन्न बने रहोगे। भविष्यमें होनेवाले अनेक कल्प भी तुम्हें दृष्टिगोचर होंगे

Transliteration

bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyāṇāṁ chinnasarvārthasaṁśayaḥ | ye hṛtikrāntakāḥ pūrva sahasrayugaparyayāḥ ||

Translation

ヴァイシャンパーヤナは言った。「過去・現在・未来のあらゆる事柄についての汝の疑いは、ことごとく断ち切られるであろう。すでに過ぎ去った、幾千のユガにわたる昔の時の回転は、わが命により汝が目の当たりにできる。さらに苦行（タパス）の力を具え、いまだ来たらぬ多くの創造の周期をも汝は見通すであろう。」

Word by Word

भूतof the past

भव्यof the present (lit. what is becoming/occurring)

भविष्याणाम्of the future

छिन्नcut off, destroyed

सर्वार्थof all matters/objects

संशयःdoubt

येwhich/that (those)

हृतिक्रान्तकाःthose whose hearts/minds have been overcome (i.e., carried away)

पूर्वेin former (times)

सहस्रa thousand

युगage, yuga

पर्ययाःcycles, successions

Speaker

वैशम्पायन उवाच

Characters & Entities

Vaiśampāyana

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True knowledge dispels doubt across time: when insight (often linked with tapas and divine authorization) arises, uncertainty about past, present, and future is ‘cut off,’ revealing the patterned, cyclical nature of cosmic time.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vaiśampāyana reports a boon or assurance being given: the listener’s doubts will be removed, and they will gain a visionary capacity to behold vast yuga-cycles—both those already elapsed and those yet to unfold—through command/permission and ascetic power.