Shloka 443
Mokṣa-dharma Yoga-Upadeśa: Equanimity, Sense-Restraint, and Vision of the Ātman (आत्मदर्शन-योगोपदेशः)
प्रत्यब्रुवं महाबाहो यथाश्रुतमरिंदम । शत्रुदमन महाबाहु माधव! उस ब्राह्मणके इस प्रकार पूछनेपर मैंने जैसा सुना था वैसा ही उसे बताया
pratyabruvaṃ mahābāho yathāśrutam ariṃdama | śatrudamana mahābāhu mādhava! |
اے مہاباہو، اے دشمنوں کو دبانے والے! میں نے جواب میں وہی کہا جیسا میں نے سنا تھا۔ اے مادھو! جب اس برہمن نے اس طرح مجھ سے سوال کیا تو میں نے اسے یَتھاشُرُت—بلا تحریف—سارا بیان سنا دیا۔
ब्राह्मण उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights satya (truthfulness) and fidelity in conveying knowledge: one should answer according to what one has truly heard/received, without embellishment or concealment, especially in matters of instruction and tradition.
A brāhmaṇa has questioned the speaker; addressing Mādhava (Kṛṣṇa) with honorific epithets, the speaker states that he replied to the brāhmaṇa exactly as he had heard, indicating a faithful recounting of an earlier teaching or report.