व्यास उवाच अस्त्येव मे सर्वमिदं त्वयोक्तं तथापि नात्मा परितुष्यते मे । तन्मूलमव्यक्तमगाधबोधं पृच्छामहे त्वात्मभवात्मभूतम् ॥ ५ ॥
vyasa uvaca asty eva me sarvam idam tvayoktam tathapi natma paritusyate me tan-mulam avyaktam agadha-bodham prcchamahe tvatma-bhavatma-bhutam
- vyasah
- Vyasa
- uvaca
- said
- asti
- there is
- eva
- certainly
- me
- mine
- sarvam
- all
- idam
- this
- tvaya
- by you
- uktam
- uttered
- tathapi
- and yet
- na
- not
- atma
- self
- paritusyate
- does pacify
- me
- unto me
- tat
- of which
- mulam
- root
- avyaktam
- undetected
- agadha-bodham
- the man of unlimited knowledge
- prcchamahe
- do inquire
- tva
- unto you
- atma-bhava
- self-born
- atma-bhutam
- offspring.
Sri Vyasadeva said: All you have said about me is perfectly correct. Despite all this, I am not pacified. I therefore question you about the root cause of my dissatisfaction, for you are a man of unlimited knowledge due to your being the offspring of one (Brahma) who is self-born (without mundane father and mother).