Shloka 31
अव्यक्तकालमान-निर्णयः
Measures of Time from the Unmanifest; Creation, Elements, and the Primacy of Mind
आचक्षेडहं मनुष्येभ्यो देवेभ्य: प्रतिसंचरन् । सत्यं स्वर्गस्थ सोपानं पारावारस्य नौरिव,मैं चारों ओर घूमकर मनुष्यों और देवताओंसे कहा करता हूँ कि जैसे जहाज समुद्रसे पार होनेका साधन है, उसी प्रकार सत्य ही स्वर्गलोकमें पहुँचनेकी सीढ़ी है
ācakṣed ahaṃ manuṣyebhyo devebhyaḥ pratisaṃcaran | satyaṃ svargastha-sopānaṃ pārāvārasya naur iva ||
ຫົງສາກ່າວວ່າ: “ຂ້ອຍເດີນທາງໄປມາທ່າມກາງມະນຸດ ແລະແມ່ນແຕ່ໃນຫມູ່ເທວະດາ ແລ້ວປະກາດວ່າ: ເຮືອແມ່ນທາງຂ້າມທະເລສັນໃດ ຄວາມຈິງກໍແມ່ນຂັ້ນບັນໄດຂຶ້ນສູ່ສະຫວັນສັນນັ້ນ.”
हंस उवाच
Educational Q&A
Truthfulness (satya) is presented as the sure means of spiritual ascent: it functions like a ladder to heaven, just as a ship is the practical means to cross a vast ocean.
The Haṃsa, speaking as a moral instructor, describes how he has wandered among humans and gods proclaiming a universal ethical principle—truth is the reliable vehicle for crossing the difficult expanse of worldly existence and attaining heavenly realms.