Shloka 37
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
विश्वाविश्वेति यदिदं गन्धर्विेन्द्रानुपृच्छसि । विश्वाव्यक्तं परं विद्याद् भूतभव्यभयंकरम्
viśvāviśveti yad idaṃ gandharvīndrānupṛcchasi | viśvāvyaktaṃ paraṃ vidyād bhūtabhavyabhayaṅkaram ||
Wika ni Yājñavalkya: “Tungkol sa itinatanong mo—‘ang pangkalahatan at ang di-pangkalahatan’—alamin mong ang kataas-taasang realidad ay ang Di-Nahahayag (Avyakta) na lumalaganap sa lahat. Ito ang pinakamataas na prinsipyo, nakapanghihilakbot sa mga nilalang ng nakaraan at hinaharap, sapagkat ito’y lampas sa karaniwang pagdama at siyang saligan ng lahat ng naririto at darating pa.”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse identifies the highest reality as the all-pervading Unmanifest (avyakta), beyond the categories of ‘universal’ and ‘non-universal’ as ordinarily conceived, and portrays it as a transcendent principle that inspires awe across time (past and future).
In a philosophical exchange in Śānti Parva, Yājñavalkya responds to a question posed to him (addressed as ‘lord of the Gandharvas’) about the notions of viśva and aviśva, redirecting the inquiry toward the supreme, unmanifest ground of existence.