Shloka 58
नारद–शुक संवादः
Impermanence, Svabhāva, and Śuka’s Resolve for Yoga
विश्वावयुरुवाच पज्चविंशं यदेतत् ते प्रोक्त ब्राह्मणसत्तम । तथा तन्न तथा चेति तद् भवान् वक्तुमहति
Viśvāyur uvāca—pañcaviṁśaṁ yad etat te proktaṁ brāhmaṇa-sattama, tathā tan na tathā ceti tad bhavān vaktum arhati.
毗湿瓦瑜（Viśvāyu）说道：“婆罗门中之最胜者啊！关于你所说的第二十五原理——即个我与至上我无差别——我心生疑惑：此我果真与至上者全然同一，抑或并非如此？愿你为我明白开示。”
याज़्ञवल्क्य उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames a key Vedāntic inquiry: whether the individual self (jīvātman), described as the ‘twenty-fifth principle,’ is truly non-different from the Supreme Self (paramātman). It emphasizes the need for precise clarification when teaching non-duality, because liberation-oriented ethics and practice depend on correct understanding of the self.
An interlocutor named Viśvāyu raises a philosophical doubt to the revered teacher addressed as ‘best of Brāhmaṇas.’ He asks the teacher to resolve the apparent contradiction—‘so or not so’—about the identity of the individual self with the Supreme, prompting a more explicit doctrinal explanation.