Shloka 21

अग्निनाम-प्रादुर्भावः प्रायश्चित्त-विधानं च

Agni’s Epithets, Manifestations, and Expiation Procedures

Devanagari script

सर्वरिहेन्द्रियार्थस्तु व्यक्ताव्यक्तै: सुसंवृतैः । चतुर्विशक इत्येष व्यक्ताव्यक्तमयो गुण: । एतत्‌ ते सर्वमाख्यातं कि भूय: श्रोतुमिच्छसि

Transliteration

sarvair indriyārthas tu vyaktāvyaktaiḥ susaṃvṛtaiḥ | caturviṃśaka ity eṣa vyaktāvyaktamayo guṇaḥ | etat te sarvam ākhyātaṃ kiṃ bhūyaḥ śrotum icchasi ||

Translation

狩人は言った。「諸根の対象はすべて、顕と未顕のうちに善く包摂されている。この原理は『二十四』と説かれる—顕と未顕の双方から成る性である。これらはすべて汝に語り尽くした。さらに何を聞きたいのか。」

Word by Word

सर्वःall / entire

ऋषि-इन्द्रिय-अर्थःthe object/meaning of the sages’ senses (i.e., the sense-objects as known by seers)

तुbut / indeed

व्यक्त-अव्यक्तैःby the manifest and the unmanifest (principles)

सु-संवृतैःwell-covered / well-enveloped

चतुर्विंशकःthe twenty-fourfold (one)

इतिthus

एषःthis

व्यक्त-अव्यक्त-मयःconsisting of the manifest and the unmanifest

गुणःquality / constituent / principle

एतत्this (all this)

तेto you

सर्वम्all

आख्यातम्has been explained / told

किम्what

भूयःfurther / again / more

श्रोतुम्to hear

इच्छसिyou desire / you wish

Speaker

व्याध उवाच

Characters & Entities

व

व्याध (Vyādha, the hunter)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The speaker frames experience and sense-objects within a Sāṃkhya-style metaphysical map: reality is analyzed as manifest (vyakta) and unmanifest (avyakta), and this analysis is summarized as the ‘twenty-fourfold’ set of principles (tattvas). The ethical implication is that understanding the structure of experience supports discernment and restraint rather than being driven by sense-objects.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vyādha concludes a doctrinal explanation to his listener, summarizing his account of manifest/unmanifest principles and the twenty-fourfold scheme, and then invites further questions—signaling a pause in instruction and readiness to continue teaching if the listener wishes.