Shloka 9
शुकस्य मिथिलागमनम् (Śukasya Mithilāgamanam) — Śuka’s Journey to Mithilā and the Courtly Test
तमप्रमेयो&तिबलं ज्वलमानं विभावसुम् | ऊष्माणं सर्वभूतानां सप्तार्चिषमथाञज्जसा
tam aprameyo ’tibalaṁ jvalamānaṁ vibhāvasum | ūṣmāṇaṁ sarvabhūtānāṁ saptārciṣam athāñjasā ||
Wika ni Yājñavalkya: “Ang Apoy—si Vibhāvasu—na di masukat, labis ang kapangyarihan at naglalagablab; siya ang init ng lahat ng nilalang at may pitong dila ng liyab. Sa pag-ikot ng kosmos, siya’y mabilis na sinisimsim at nilulunok ng makapangyarihang Hangin; at ang Hangin, na nagpapakita sa walong anyo, ay nagsisimulang dumaloy sa lahat ng dako—sa itaas, sa ibaba, at sa pagitan—sa bawat panig ng mga daigdig.”
याज़्वल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even the most powerful and luminous forces (like Fire) are not ultimate; they are governed and transformed within a larger cosmic order. The ethical implication is humility: do not cling to power, brilliance, or sensory force as final—seek the higher principle that transcends measurable phenomena.
Yājñavalkya describes a cosmic process in which blazing Fire (Agni/Vibhāvasu), characterized as the heat within all beings and possessing seven flames, is swiftly absorbed/overpowered by Wind (Vāyu), which then spreads in all directions in its multiple forms.