Shloka 2

अव्यक्त–पुरुष–विवेकः (Discrimination of Avyakta/Prakṛti and Puruṣa) — Yājñavalkya’s Anvīkṣikī to Viśvāvasu

Devanagari script

तथा बुद्धप्रबुद्धा भ्यां बुद्धघयमानस्य चानघ । स्थूलबुद्धया न पश्यामि तत्त्वमेतन्न संशय:

Transliteration

tathā buddha-prabuddhābhyāṃ buddhyamānasya cānagha | sthūla-buddhyā na paśyāmi tattvam etan na saṃśayaḥ ||

Translation

Janaka disse: “Ó sábio sem mácula, não percebo esta verdade — esta realidade do Ser Supremo — que os ignorantes apreendem em muitas formas e os sábios conhecem como uma. Porque meu entendimento ainda é grosseiro e voltado para fora, não consigo alcançá-la; disso não há dúvida em minhas palavras.”

Word by Word

• {'tathā': 'thus

• in that manner', 'buddha': 'one who has understood

• awakened (here: the wise/knower)', 'prabuddha': 'fully awakened

• thoroughly enlightened', 'buddhyamānasya': 'of one who is being understood/considered

• of that which is being cognized', 'ca': 'and', 'anagha': 'O sinless one

• faultless (vocative)', 'sthūla-buddhyā': 'by a gross/intellect bound to the tangible

• with coarse understanding', 'na paśyāmi': 'I do not see

• I do not comprehend', 'tattvam': 'truth

• principle', 'etat': 'this', 'na saṃśayaḥ': 'no doubt

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• anagha (addressed sage/maharshi, unnamed in this verse)
• Paramātman (implied: the Supreme Self)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the contrast between superficial cognition and true insight: the ignorant perceive ultimate reality as many (diversified forms), while the wise know it as one (a single underlying truth). Janaka models humility by admitting that a ‘gross’ intellect cannot directly grasp this subtle tattva and seeks guidance.

What is happening in the narrative?

King Janaka addresses a sinless sage in a teaching dialogue. He confesses his limitation in understanding the Supreme principle and implicitly requests clearer instruction on how the one reality appears as many to the unwise yet is realized as one by the wise.