Shloka 85
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
ब्रह्मादीनां खेचराणां क्षितौ च ये चाधस्तात् संवसन्ते नरेन्द्र । तत्रैव तद्दर्शनं दर्शयन् वै सम्यक् क्षेम्यं ये पथं संश्रिता वै
brahmādīnāṁ khecarāṇāṁ kṣitau ca ye cādhastāt saṁvasanti narendra | tatraiva taddarśanaṁ darśayan vai samyak kṣemyaṁ ye pathaṁ saṁśritā vai, rājā janaka |
राजेन्द्र! ये ब्रह्मादयः खेचराः, ये च क्षितौ मनुष्याः, ये चाधस्तात् लोकेषु निवसन्ति—तेषु ये केचिद् मोक्षमार्गं क्षेम्यं समाश्रिताः, तेषां सर्वेषां स्वस्वस्थानेषु गत्वा विश्वावसुः मया प्रोक्तं सम्यग्दर्शनं सम्यक् प्रदर्शितवान्॥
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse emphasizes samyak-darśana—true or right understanding—as the foundation of the auspicious path to liberation, and presents it as a universal teaching applicable across all realms (gods, humans, and beings in lower worlds).
Yājñavalkya tells King Janaka that Viśvāvasu carried the instruction he had received—this doctrine of right vision—to qualified seekers in every realm, teaching them where they lived, provided they had taken refuge in the welfare-giving path to mokṣa.