Shloka 55
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
Devanagari script
यदानुपश्यते5त्यन्तमहन्यहनि काश्यप । तदा स केवलीभूत: षड्विंशमनुपश्यति
Transliteration
yadānupaśyate ’tyantam ahany ahani kāśyapa | tadā sa kevalībhūtaḥ ṣaḍviṁśam anupaśyati ||
Translation
यदानुपश्यतेऽत्यन्तमहन्यहनि काश्यप । तदा स केवलीभूतः षड्विंशमनुपश्यति ॥
Word by Word
यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
अनुपश्यतेhe/she perceives, contemplates
अनुपश्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु√पश्
FormLat (present), 3, singular, Atmanepada
अत्यन्तम्exceedingly, completely
अत्यन्तम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्यन्त
अहनिin the day
अहनि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्
Formneuter, locative, singular
अहनिin the day (day by day)
अहनि:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअहन्
Formneuter, locative, singular
काश्यपO Kāśyapa
काश्यप:
TypeNoun
Rootकाश्यप
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
केवलीभूतःhaving become isolated/absolute (free from association)
केवलीभूतः:
TypeAdjective
Rootकेवलीभूत
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
षड्विंशम्the twenty-sixth (principle)
षड्विंशम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootषड्विंश
Formneuter, accusative, singular
अनुपश्यतिhe perceives/realizes
अनुपश्यति:
TypeVerb
Rootअनु√पश्
FormLat (present), 3, singular, Parasmaipada
कश्यप-नन्दनO son of Kaśyapa
कश्यप-नन्दन:
TypeNoun
Rootकश्यपनन्दन
Formmasculine, vocative, singular
Speaker
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Characters & Entities
य
याज्ञवल्क्य (Yājñavalkya)क
काश्यप (Kāśyapa)Character Dynamics
Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)
Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)
Philosophical Teaching
Political Layer
Geographic Context
Meter (Chandas)
Sandhi Notes
Educational Q&A
Persistent, daily contemplation of the Supreme Self leads to detachment from Prakṛti and culminates in direct realization of the transcendent ‘twenty-sixth’ principle—God/the Supreme beyond the standard Sāṅkhya enumeration.
In a didactic exchange, the sage Yājñavalkya instructs Kāśyapa about the inner discipline of continuous contemplation and its fruit: freedom from Prakṛti’s entanglement and realization of the highest reality.