Shloka 69
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच कृत्स्नधारिणमेव त्वां मन्ये गन्धर्वसत्तम । जिज्ञाससे च मां राजंस्तन्निबोध यथाश्रुतम्
yājñavalkya uvāca | kṛtsnadhāriṇam eva tvāṃ manye gandharvasattama | jijñāsase ca māṃ rājan tan nibodha yathāśrutam ||
یاج्ञولکْیَ نے کہا— اے گندھروؤں میں برتر! میں تمہیں یقیناً کامل فہم کا حامل سمجھتا ہوں۔ پھر بھی، اے راجَن، تم مجھ سے پوچھتے ہو اور میرا نظریہ جاننا چاہتے ہو؛ اس لیے سنو— جیسا میں نے سنا ہے، ویسا ہی تمہیں بیان کرتا ہوں۔
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
Even when the listener is learned, inquiry is valuable; the speaker responds with humility by presenting knowledge as 'received' (yathāśrutam), emphasizing faithful transmission and careful listening as ethical disciplines in the pursuit of dharma.
Yājñavalkya addresses a king—praised as the foremost among Gandharvas—acknowledging his comprehensive intelligence, yet noting that he still asks questions. Yājñavalkya then prepares to answer by recounting what he has heard in tradition.