Shloka 86
Nāgendra–Brāhmaṇa Saṃvāda: Praśna-vidhi and Dharmic Approach on the Gomatī Riverbank
जगौ यद् भगवान् व्यासो राज्ञ: पारिक्षितस्य वै । सूतपुत्रने कहा--शौनकजी! मैं तुमसे वेदतुल्य प्रमाणभूत सारा पुरातन वृत्तान्त कहूँगा
jagau yad bhagavān vyāso rājñaḥ pārīkṣitasya vai | sūtaputrāya kathā—śaunakajī! ahaṃ tubhyaṃ vedatulyapramāṇabhūtaṃ sarvaṃ purātana-vṛttāntaṃ vakṣyāmi, yaṃ bhagavān vyāsaḥ rājñe janamejayāya śrāvayāmāsa | manaś caiva api tato bhūtam avyaktaguṇa-lakṣaṇam | nārāyaṇa-paraḥ kālo jyotiṣām ayanaṃ ca yat ||
Sinabi ni Śaunaka: “Ang sinaunang salaysay na may bigat na tulad ng Veda—na minsang binigkas ng pinagpalang Vyāsa sa angkan ni Parīkṣit at ipinasa sa anak ng Sūta—ay isasalaysay ko ngayon sa inyo. Ang isipan mismo, ang di-nahahayag na simulain (avyakta) na may maseselang katangian at tanda, gayundin ang Panahon at ang pag-inog ng mga ilaw sa kalangitan—lahat ng ito’y nananahan sa pag-asa kay Nārāyaṇa at nakasalalay sa Kanya.”
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse asserts a theological-metaphysical hierarchy: mind (as an unmanifest principle), time, and the motions of the luminaries are not independent ultimate realities; they are grounded in and dependent upon Nārāyaṇa as the supreme support.
Śaunaka frames the transmission of an ancient, Veda-like authoritative account: what Vyāsa conveyed within the royal lineage (Parīkṣit/Janamejaya) and to the Sūta’s son is now being retold, introducing a cosmological teaching centered on Nārāyaṇa.