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Shloka 26

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

किमत्र ब्रह्माण्यमृतं कि च वेद्यमनुत्तमम्‌ । चिन्तयंस्तत्र चागत्य गन्धर्वो मामपृच्छत

kim atra brahmāṇy amṛtaṃ ki ca vedyam anuttamam | cintayaṃs tatra cāgatya gandharvo mām apṛcchata ||

“اس معاملے میں اَمرت، لازوال برہمن کیا ہے؟ اور سب سے برتر معلوم ہونے والی حقیقت کیا ہے؟”—میں انہی باتوں پر غور کر رہا تھا کہ ایک گندھرو وہاں آیا اور مجھ سے پوچھنے لگا۔

किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
अत्रhere
अत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअत्र
ब्रह्माणिVedic formulas / sacred utterances
ब्रह्माणि:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, plural
अमृतम्nectar; immortality
अमृतम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootअमृत
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
किम्what
किम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootकिम्
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वेद्यम्to be known; knowable
वेद्यम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootवेद्य
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
अनुत्तमम्unsurpassed; supreme
अनुत्तमम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootअनुत्तम
Formneuter, nominative/accusative, singular
चिन्तयन्thinking; pondering
चिन्तयन्:
Karta
TypeVerb
Rootचिन्त्
Formशतृ (present active participle), masculine, nominative, singular
तत्रthere
तत्र:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतत्र
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आगत्यhaving come
आगत्य:
TypeVerb
Rootआ-गम्
Formक्त्वा (absolutive/gerund)
गन्धर्वःa Gandharva
गन्धर्वः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व
Formmasculine, nominative, singular
माम्me
माम्:
Karma
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद्
Formaccusative, singular
अपृच्छत्asked
अपृच्छत्:
TypeVerb
Rootप्रच्छ्
Formलङ् (imperfect), परस्मैपद, third, singular

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

याज्ञवल्क्य (Yājñavalkya)
गन्धर्व (Gandharva)

Educational Q&A

The verse frames the central Upaniṣadic-style inquiry: identifying the deathless reality (Brahman) and the highest object of knowledge. It emphasizes reflective questioning as the doorway to liberation-oriented wisdom.

Yājñavalkya reports that a Gandharva, contemplating profound questions about the immortal Brahman and the supreme knowable, approaches and questions him—setting up a dialogue on ultimate knowledge.