इति पृष्टेन मुनिना व्यासेनाऽखिलमात्मजे । यथावदमलं प्रोक्तं वक्तव्यं विदितात्मना ॥ १५ ॥
iti pṛṣṭēna muninā vyāsēnā’khilamātmajē | yathāvadamalaṁ prōktaṁ vaktavyaṁ viditātmanā || 15 ||
Translation
Asked this, the sage Vyāsa, who knew the Self, told his son all that was to be said, fully and without fault.
Word by word
- iti
- this
- pṛṣṭēna
- asked
- muninā
- the sage
- vyāsēna
- by Vyāsa
- akhilam
- all
- ātmajē
- to his son
- yathāvad
- (yathāvat) fully
- amalaṁ
- without fault
- prōktaṁ
- was told
- vaktavyaṁ
- that was to be said
- vidita
- who knew
- ātmanā
- the Self
Meaning
Vyāsa answers, and answers completely. He knows the Self (vidita-ātman), and he holds nothing back: all that was to be said (akhilam vaktavyam), as it is (yathāvat), and pure (amala). There is no failure in the teacher. This is important for what follows. When Śuka does not take the answer to heart, the fault is not in the teaching. The same truth, fully given, can be received or not received, and what decides it is in the hearer.