Shloka 60

नारद–शुक संवादः

Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga

Devanagari script

भूगो: पञजचशिखस्यास्यथ कपिलस्य शुकस्य च । गौतमस्यार्डिषेणस्य गर्गस्य च महात्मन:

Transliteration

Bhṛgoḥ pañcaśikhasyāsyatha kapilasya śukasya ca | Gautamasyārdiṣeṇasya gargasya ca mahātmanaḥ ||

Translation

Yājñavalkya nói: “(Giáo huấn này) thuộc dòng truyền thừa và truyền thống của Bhṛgu, của Pañcaśikha, cũng như của Kapila và Śuka; lại còn của Gautama, của Ārdiṣeṇa, và của Garga bậc đại tâm.”

Word by Word

• भूगः: of Bhūga
• भूगः: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: भूग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• पञ्चशिखस्य: of Pañcaśikha (five-crested one; proper name)
• पञ्चशिखस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पञ्चशिख
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• अस्य: of this (one)
• अस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: इदम्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• अथ: and/then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अथ

• कपिलस्य: of Kapila
• कपिलस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कपिल
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• शुकस्य: of Śuka
• शुकस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शुक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• गौतमस्य: of Gautama
• गौतमस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गौतम
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• आर्दिषेणस्य: of Ārdiṣeṇa
• आर्दिषेणस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आर्दिषेण
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• गर्गस्य: of Garga
• गर्गस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गर्ग
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (one)
• महात्मनः: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

Speaker

याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Yājñavalkya
• Bhṛgu
• Pañcaśikha
• Kapila
• Śuka
• Gautama
• Ārdiṣeṇa
• Garga

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

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.

What is happening in the narrative?

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.