Shloka 16

शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test

Devanagari script

तत: समभवत्‌ सर्वमक्षयाव्ययमत्रणम्‌ । भूतभव्यभविष्याणां स्रष्टारमनघं तथा

Transliteration

tataḥ samabhavat sarvam akṣayāvyayam atraṇam | bhūtabhavyabhaviṣyāṇāṁ sraṣṭāram anaghaṁ tathā ||

Translation

అనంతరం సర్వవ్యాపకుడు, క్షయరహితుడు, అవ్యయుడు, నిర్వికారుడైన పరబ్రహ్మమే ఏకముగా శేషమయ్యెను; ఆ సత్యమునుండే భూత-వర్తమాన-భవిష్యత్ సృష్టిని ప్రవర్తింపజేసే నిష్పాప బ్రహ్మకూడా ఉద్భవించెను.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/from that
• ततः: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततस्

• समभवत्: came to be/arose
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू
• Form: Lung (Aorist), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• सर्वम्: all/entire (as one whole)
• सर्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun/Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अक्षय: imperishable
• अक्षय: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अक्षय
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अव्ययम्: unchanging/inexhaustible
• अव्ययम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• अत्रणम्: without protection/support (independent)
• अत्रणम्: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अत्रण
• Form: neuter, nominative, singular

• भूत: of the past/that which has been
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भूत
• Form: neuter, genitive, plural

• भव्य: of the future/that which will be
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भव्य
• Form: neuter, genitive, plural

• भविष्याणाम्: of the future things/to-be
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: भविष्यत्
• Form: neuter, genitive, plural

• स्रष्टारम्: the creator
• स्रष्टारम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्रष्टृ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• अनघम्: sinless/blameless
• अनघम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनघ
• Form: masculine, accusative, singular

• तथा: thus/also
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

याज़्वल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• परब्रह्म (Supreme Brahman)
• ब्रह्मा (Brahmā)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The ultimate Reality (Brahman) is changeless, imperishable, and all-inclusive; even the cosmic creator (Brahmā) and the entire flow of time—past, present, and future—depend upon and arise from that Supreme ground.

What is happening in the narrative?

Yājñavalkya is describing the cosmological hierarchy: after dissolution or beyond manifest change, the Supreme Brahman alone remains, and from it arises Brahmā, who then functions as the creator of beings across time.