नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
भूगो: पञजचशिखस्यास्यथ कपिलस्य शुकस्य च । गौतमस्यार्डिषेणस्य गर्गस्य च महात्मन:
Bhṛgoḥ pañcaśikhasyāsyatha kapilasya śukasya ca | Gautamasyārdiṣeṇasya gargasya ca mahātmanaḥ ||
یاج्ञولکیا نے کہا—یہ روایت بھِرگو، پنچشِکھ، نیز کپل اور شُک کی ہے؛ اور گوتَم، آردِشےṇ اور مہاتما گَرگ کی بھی۔
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
The verse grounds the instruction in an authoritative ṛṣi-lineage, implying that ethical and philosophical guidance gains weight when it is consistent with the tested insights of realized sages and established śāstric tradition.
Yājñavalkya cites a succession of revered sages—Bhṛgu, Pañcaśikha, Kapila, Śuka, Gautama, Ārdiṣeṇa, and Garga—to indicate that the doctrine being discussed is not novel speculation but part of a recognized stream of transmitted wisdom.