Shloka 5
Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)
न वै रात्र्यां न दिवसे न सति नासति न व्यक्ते न चाप्यव्यक्ते व्यवस्थिते,उस समय न रात थी, न दिन। न सत् था, न असत। न व्यक्त था और न अव्यक्तकी ही स्थिति थी
na vai rātryāṁ na divase na sati nāsati na vyakte na cāpyavyakte vyavasthite
Sinabi ni Arjuna: “Noon ay wala pang gabi ni araw; wala ring ‘pag-iral’ ni ‘di-pag-iral.’ Walang hayag na kalagayan, at maging ang di-hayag ay hindi pa naitatag bilang hiwalay na kundisyon.”
अजुन उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse points to a primordial condition beyond ordinary opposites—night/day, existence/non-existence, manifest/unmanifest—suggesting that ultimate reality (or the pre-creation state) cannot be captured by conventional categories.
Arjuna is speaking in a reflective, philosophical context, describing a pre-cosmic or dissolution-like state where familiar distinctions do not apply, setting up a discussion on the origin of the world and the nature of reality.