Shloka 69

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच कृत्स्नधारिणमेव त्वां मन्ये गन्धर्वसत्तम । जिज्ञाससे च मां राजंस्तन्निबोध यथाश्रुतम्‌

Transliteration

yājñavalkya uvāca | kṛtsnadhāriṇam eva tvāṃ manye gandharvasattama | jijñāsase ca māṃ rājan tan nibodha yathāśrutam ||

Translation

Яджнявалкья сказал: «О лучший из гандхарвов, я почитаю тебя тем, кто несёт в себе полноту разумения. И всё же, о царь, ты вопрошаешь меня, желая узнать моё мнение. Потому слушай: я поведаю тебе то, что слышал, как оно было передано».

Word by Word

• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Yajnavalkya
• याज्ञवल्क्यः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: याज्ञवल्क्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said/spoke
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• कृत्स्नधारिणम्: one who bears/possesses the whole (complete knowledge)
• कृत्स्नधारिणम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत्स्नधारिन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• एव: indeed/only
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• त्वाम्: you
• त्वाम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• मन्ये: I think/consider
• Type: Verb
• Root: मन्
• Form: Present, Indicative, 1, Singular, Atmanepada

• गन्धर्वसत्तम: O best of Gandharvas
• Type: Noun
• Root: गन्धर्वसत्तम
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• जिज्ञाससे: you wish to know/inquire
• Type: Verb
• Root: ज्ञा
• Form: Present, Indicative, 2, Singular, Atmanepada, Desiderative (san)

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• राजन्: O king
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• तत्: that (matter)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• निबोध: understand/learn
• Type: Verb
• Root: बुध्
• Form: Imperative, 2, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यथा: as/according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• श्रुतम्: heard (by me); what has been heard
• श्रुतम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: श्रुत
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular, kta

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Gandharva (addressed as 'best of Gandharvas')
• King (rājan, addressee)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even when the listener is learned, inquiry is valuable; the speaker responds with humility by presenting knowledge as 'received' (yathāśrutam), emphasizing faithful transmission and careful listening as ethical disciplines in the pursuit of dharma.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yājñavalkya addresses a king—praised as the foremost among Gandharvas—acknowledging his comprehensive intelligence, yet noting that he still asks questions. Yājñavalkya then prepares to answer by recounting what he has heard in tradition.