Shloka 47

कालनिर्णयः, युगधर्मवर्णनम्, सृष्टिक्रमश्च

Time-Reckoning, Yuga-Dharma, and the Sequence of Creation

Devanagari script

आहु: सर्वमिदं चिन्त्यं जना: केचिन्मनीषया । अस्या: पज्चैव चिन्ताया: पर्येष्यामि च पञजचधा

Transliteration

āhuḥ sarvam idaṃ cintyaṃ janāḥ kecin manīṣayā | asyāḥ pañcaiva cintāyāḥ paryeṣyāmi ca pañcadhā ||

Translation

ਸ਼ਕ੍ਰ ਨੇ ਆਖਿਆ—ਕੁਝ ਮਨੀਸ਼ੀ ਲੋਕ ਬੁੱਧੀ-ਬਲ ਨਾਲ ਕਹਿੰਦੇ ਹਨ ਕਿ ਇਹ ਸਭ ‘ਕਾਲ’ ਨਾਮ ਵਾਲਾ ਬ੍ਰਹਮ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਉਸੇ ਰੂਪ ਵਿੱਚ ਇਸ ਦਾ ਚਿੰਤਨ ਕਰਨਾ ਚਾਹੀਦਾ ਹੈ। ਇਸ ਚਿੰਤਨ ਦੇ ਪੰਜ ਮੁੱਖ ਵਿਸ਼ੇ ਹਨ; ਮੈਂ ਇਸ ਪੰਜ-ਪ੍ਰਕਾਰ ਦੇ ਚਿੰਤਨ ਦੀ ਯਥਾਵਤ ਜਾਂਚ ਕਰਕੇ ਵਰਣਨ ਕਰਾਂਗਾ।

Word by Word

• {'āhuḥ': 'they say

• they declare', 'sarvam idam': 'all this (entire manifested world)', 'cintyam': 'to be contemplated/meditated upon

• an object of reflective inquiry', 'janāḥ kecit': 'some people', 'manīṣayā': 'with insight/intelligence

• by reflective wisdom', 'asyāḥ': 'of this (contemplation/inquiry)', 'pañca eva': 'exactly five', 'cintāyāḥ': 'of contemplation

• of reflective thought', 'paryeṣyāmi': 'I will investigate/examine

• I will expound after inquiry', 'pañcadhā': 'in five ways

Speaker

श॒क्र उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Śakra (Indra)
• Kāla (Time, as a designation for Brahman)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse presents a contemplative doctrine: some sages identify the ultimate principle (Brahman) with ‘Time’ (kāla) and recommend meditating on reality through that lens, structured as a fivefold inquiry.

What is happening in the narrative?

Indra (Śakra) speaks, reporting a philosophical view held by certain wise thinkers and announcing that he will analyze and explain a five-part scheme of contemplation concerning Time as the supreme principle.