Shloka 76
Atithi-satkāra and the Consolation of Wise Counsel (अतिथिसत्कारः प्रज्ञानवचनस्य च पराश्वासनम्)
सच्चासच्चैव कौन्तेय मया55वेशितमात्मनि । पौष्करे ब्रह्मसदने सत्यं मामृषयो विदु:
sac cāsac caiva kaunteya mayāveśitam ātmani | pauṣkare brahma-sadane satyaṁ mām ṛṣayo viduḥ ||
O anak ni Kuntī, tinanggap ko sa aking sarili ang kapwa tunay at di-tunay. Kaya ang mga rishi na nananahan sa tahanang lotus-ni Brahmā ay nakakakilala sa akin sa pangalang “Satya”—Katotohanan.
तामिन्द्र उवाच गच्छ नहुषस्त्वया वाच्योथ<पूर्वेण मामृषियुक्तेन यानेन त्वमधिरूढ
Educational Q&A
Truthfulness is presented as an ethical identity: when one’s inner being and speech are aligned with सत्य (truth), the wise recognize that person as “Truth” itself. The verse frames सत्य not merely as a rule but as a realized state of character.
A speaker addresses “Kaunteya” and declares a self-description: having absorbed both sat and asat within, the sages in Brahmā’s lotus-like abode call him “Satya.” It functions as a moral testimony establishing authority and the primacy of truthful speech and being.