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Shloka 5

Atithi’s Direction to the Nāga-sage Padma at Naimiṣa (अतिथ्युपदेशः—नैमिषे पद्मनागोपाख्यानप्रस्तावः)

न वै रात्र्यां न दिवसे न सति नासति न व्यक्ते न चाप्यव्यक्ते व्यवस्थिते,उस समय न रात थी, न दिन। न सत्‌ था, न असत। न व्यक्त था और न अव्यक्तकी ही स्थिति थी

na vai rātryāṁ na divase na sati nāsati na vyakte na cāpyavyakte vyavasthite

Arjuna nói: “Khi ấy không có đêm cũng không có ngày; không có ‘hữu’ cũng không có ‘vô’. Không có trạng thái hiển lộ, và ngay cả vô hiển (chưa biểu hiện) cũng chưa được xác lập như một điều kiện riêng biệt.”

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
वैindeed / surely
वै:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै
रात्र्याम्in the night
रात्र्याम्:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootरात्रि
FormFeminine, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दिवसेin the day
दिवसे:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootदिवस
FormMasculine, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सतिin being / in existence (sat)
सति:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसत्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
असतिin non-being / non-existence (asat)
असति:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअसत्
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
व्यक्तेin the manifest
व्यक्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अपिalso / even
अपि:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि
अव्यक्तेin the unmanifest
अव्यक्ते:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootअव्यक्त
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
व्यवस्थितेin an established/defined state
व्यवस्थिते:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootव्यवस्थित
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular

अजुन उवाच

A
Arjuna

Educational Q&A

The verse points to a primordial condition beyond ordinary opposites—night/day, existence/non-existence, manifest/unmanifest—suggesting that ultimate reality (or the pre-creation state) cannot be captured by conventional categories.

Arjuna is speaking in a reflective, philosophical context, describing a pre-cosmic or dissolution-like state where familiar distinctions do not apply, setting up a discussion on the origin of the world and the nature of reality.