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Shloka 20

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

सुमन्तुनाथ पैलेन तथा जैमिनिना च वै । पित्रा ते मुनिभिश्चैव ततो5हमनुमानित:,तदनन्तर सुमन्तु, पैल, जैमिनि, तुम्हारे पिता तथा अन्य ऋषि-मुनियोंने मेरा बड़ा आदर-सत्कार किया

Sumantunātha Pailena tathā Jaimininā ca vai | pitrā te munibhiś caiva tato 'ham anumānitaḥ ||

അതിനുശേഷം സുമന്തു, പൈല, ജൈമിനി—നിന്റെ പിതാവും മറ്റ് ഋഷിമുനികളും കൂടെ—എന്നെ മഹത്തായ ആദരസത്കാരത്തോടെ സ്വീകരിച്ചു; അങ്ങനെ അവരുടെ ഇടയിൽ ഞാൻ യഥോചിതമായി അംഗീകൃതനും മാന്യനുമായി.

सुमन्तुनाby Sumantu
सुमन्तुना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootसुमन्तु
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
अथthen/and now
अथ:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअथ
पैलेनby Paila
पैलेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपैल
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
जैमिनिनाby Jaimini
जैमिनिना:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootजैमिनि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वैindeed/for sure
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
पित्राby (your/my) father
पित्रा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootपितृ
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Singular
तेyour
ते:
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद्
FormGenitive, Singular
मुनिभिःby sages
मुनिभिः:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि
FormMasculine, Instrumental, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवjust/indeed
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
ततःthereafter/then
ततः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootततः
अहम्I
अहम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
FormNominative, Singular
अनुमानितःhonoured/respected
अनुमानितः:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु-√मान (मान्)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Y
Yājñavalkya
S
Sumantu
P
Paila
J
Jaimini
Y
your father (te pitā)
M
munis (sages)

Educational Q&A

The verse highlights dharmic conduct within the learned community: honoring worthy persons, acknowledging merit, and maintaining humility and mutual respect among sages and teachers—values that sustain the transmission of sacred knowledge.

Yājñavalkya recounts that after a certain point, prominent sages—Sumantu, Paila, and Jaimini—together with the listener’s father and other munis, treated him with honor and recognized his standing among them.