भवताऽप्येष एवाऽर्थः कथितो वाग्विदां वर । एष एव च वाक्यार्थः शास्त्रेषु परिदृश्यते ॥ ३२ ॥
bhavatā’pyēṣa ēvā’rthaḥ kathitō vāgvidāṁ vara | ēṣa ēva ca vākyārthaḥ śāstrēṣu paridṛśyatē || 32 ||
Translation
You too, best of speakers, have told me this same meaning; and this same is the meaning of the words seen in the scriptures:
Word by word
- bhavatā
- by you
- apy
- (api) too
- ēṣa
- this
- ēva
- same
- arthaḥ
- meaning
- kathitō
- (kathitaḥ) told
- vāgvidāṁ
- of speakers
- vara
- best
- ca
- and
- vākya
- of the words
- śāstrēṣu
- in the scriptures
- paridṛśyatē
- is seen
Meaning
Now the testimony is threefold. His own discernment, his father's teaching, and Janaka's words all say the same thing; and so do the scriptures (śāstra). The commentary specifies: the great sayings (mahāvākya) of the Upaniṣads, and the sūtras and commentaries that settle their meaning. In the Vedānta tradition knowledge is firm when three things agree: scripture, the teacher, and one's own experience. Śuka now has all three, and he sees that they agree. This agreement is what was missing.