Shloka 60
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
भूगो: पञजचशिखस्यास्यथ कपिलस्य शुकस्य च । गौतमस्यार्डिषेणस्य गर्गस्य च महात्मन:
Bhṛgoḥ pañcaśikhasyāsyatha kapilasya śukasya ca | Gautamasyārdiṣeṇasya gargasya ca mahātmanaḥ ||
भृगोः पञ्चशिखस्याथ कपिलस्य शुकस्य च । गौतमस्यार्दिषेणस्य गर्गस्य च महात्मनः ॥
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse grounds the instruction in an authoritative ṛṣi-lineage, implying that ethical and philosophical guidance gains weight when it is consistent with the tested insights of realized sages and established śāstric tradition.
Yājñavalkya cites a succession of revered sages—Bhṛgu, Pañcaśikha, Kapila, Śuka, Gautama, Ārdiṣeṇa, and Garga—to indicate that the doctrine being discussed is not novel speculation but part of a recognized stream of transmitted wisdom.