Shloka 6

Brahma-vidyā: Satya–Tapas and the Enumeration of Tattvas

Arjuna–Vāsudeva framed dialogue

Devanagari script

इत्युक्त:ः स कुरुश्रेष्ठ गुरुणा गुरुवत्सल: । प्राउजलि: परिपप्रच्छ यत्तच्छूणु महामते

Transliteration

ity uktaḥ sa kuruśreṣṭha guruṇā guruvatsalaḥ | prāñjaliḥ paripapraccha yat tac chṛṇu mahāmate ||

Translation

被师长如此开示后，那位库鲁族中最卓越者——恒常敬爱师尊——合掌致敬，复又发问。噫，大慧者，请听他所问之事。

Word by Word

• इति: thus
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति

• उक्तः: having been spoken to / addressed
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वच्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कुरुश्रेष्ठः: best of the Kurus
• कुरुश्रेष्ठः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुरुश्रेष्ठ
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गुरुणा: by the teacher
• गुरुणा: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गुरु
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• गुरुवत्सलः: dear to (his) teacher / teacher-beloved
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गुरुवत्सल
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्राञ्जलिः: with joined hands
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राञ्जलि
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परिपप्रच्छ: asked (respectfully/fully)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्रच्छ्
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada, परि

• यत्: what
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तत्: that
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• शृणु: hear
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महामते: O great-minded one
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामति
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyudeva
• Arjuna
• Guru (teacher, unnamed in this verse)
• Kuru lineage

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse highlights the ethical ideal of the guru–śiṣya relationship: humility, reverence (joined palms), and disciplined inquiry. True learning proceeds through respectful questioning after receiving instruction.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva narrates that Arjuna, having been spoken to by his teacher, respectfully folds his hands and asks further questions; the listener is invited to hear the content of that inquiry.