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

ఓ కాశ్యపా! సాధకుడు ప్రతిదినం అత్యంత ఏకాగ్రతతో పరమాత్మ స్వరూపాన్ని నిరంతరం ధ్యానించునప్పుడు, అతడు ప్రకృతి-సంసర్గం నుండి విముక్తుడై ‘కేవలీ’గా మారి, ఇరవై ఆరవ తత్త్వమైన పరమేశ్వరుని ప్రత్యక్షంగా అనుభవిస్తాడు.

Word by Word

• यदा: when
• यदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यदा

• अनुपश्यते: he/she perceives, contemplates
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√पश्
• Form: Lat (present), 3, singular, Atmanepada

• अत्यन्तम्: exceedingly, completely
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अत्यन्त

• अहनि: in the day
• अहनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• अहनि: in the day (day by day)
• अहनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहन्
• Form: neuter, locative, singular

• काश्यप: O Kāśyapa
• Type: Noun
• Root: काश्यप
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

• तदा: then
• तदा: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• केवलीभूतः: having become isolated/absolute (free from association)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवलीभूत
• Form: masculine, nominative, singular

• षड्विंशम्: the twenty-sixth (principle)
• षड्विंशम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड्विंश
• Form: neuter, accusative, singular

• अनुपश्यति: he perceives/realizes
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु√पश्
• Form: Lat (present), 3, singular, Parasmaipada

• कश्यप-नन्दन: O son of Kaśyapa
• Type: Noun
• Root: कश्यपनन्दन
• Form: masculine, vocative, singular

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• याज्ञवल्क्य (Yājñavalkya)
• काश्यप (Kāśyapa)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.