Shloka 5
Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)
न वै रात्र्यां न दिवसे न सति नासति न व्यक्ते न चाप्यव्यक्ते व्यवस्थिते,उस समय न रात थी, न दिन। न सत् था, न असत। न व्यक्त था और न अव्यक्तकी ही स्थिति थी
na vai rātryāṁ na divase na sati nāsati na vyakte na cāpyavyakte vyavasthite
အာర్జုနက ပြောသည်– «ထိုအခါ၌ ညလည်း မရှိ၊ နေ့လည်း မရှိ။ “ရှိခြင်း” လည်း မရှိ၊ “မရှိခြင်း” လည်း မရှိ။ ပေါ်လွင်သော အခြေအနေ (manifest) မရှိသကဲ့သို့၊ မပေါ်လွင်သော အခြေအနေ (unmanifest) ပင် သီးခြားအနေအထားအဖြစ် မတည်မြဲသေးခဲ့»။
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to a primordial condition beyond ordinary opposites—night/day, existence/non-existence, manifest/unmanifest—suggesting that ultimate reality (or the pre-creation state) cannot be captured by conventional categories.
Arjuna is speaking in a reflective, philosophical context, describing a pre-cosmic or dissolution-like state where familiar distinctions do not apply, setting up a discussion on the origin of the world and the nature of reality.