Shloka 27
त्वमग्ने सर्वभूतानामन्तश्नर॒सि नित्यदा । साक्षिवत् पुण्यपापेषु सत्य॑ ब्रूहि कवे वच:,“अग्निदेव! तुम सदा सब प्राणियोंके भीतर निवास करते हो। सर्वज्ञ अग्ने! तुम पुण्य और पापके विषयमें साक्षीकी भाँति स्थित रहते हो; अत: सच्ची बात बताओ
tvam agne sarvabhūtānām antaḥśarasi nityadā | sākṣivat puṇyapāpeṣu satyaṁ brūhi kave vacaḥ ||
Śaunaka thưa với Agni: “Hỡi Thần Lửa, Ngài hằng ngự trong lòng mọi loài. Là chứng nhân toàn tri đối với công đức và tội lỗi, xin hãy nói lời chân thật, hỡi bậc hiền tri—hãy tuyên bố điều gì là thực.”
शौनक उवाच
Educational Q&A
Truth is demanded from one who is a universal witness: Agni is invoked as dwelling within all beings and observing merit and sin, implying that ethical reality is knowable and that testimony should align with truth (satya) grounded in dharma.
Śaunaka directly petitions Agni to speak truthfully. He justifies the request by describing Agni’s omnipresence within creatures and his role as a witness to moral actions, thereby establishing Agni’s authority to give reliable, dharmic information.