इत्यहं मुनिभि: पृष्टस्तत्त्वजिज्ञासुभिस्तदा । यदवोचमहं तेभ्यस्तदुद्धव निबोध मे ॥ २१ ॥
ity ahaṁ munibhiḥ pṛṣṭas tattva-jijñāsubhis tadā yad avocam ahaṁ tebhyas tad uddhava nibodha me
- iti
- thus
- aham
- I
- munibhiḥ
- by the sages
- pṛṣṭaḥ
- questioned
- tattva
- the truth about the goal of yoga
- jijñāsubhiḥ
- by those desiring to know
- tadā
- at that time
- yat
- that which
- avocam
- spoke
- aham
- I
- tebhyaḥ
- unto them
- tat
- that
- uddhava
- My dear Uddhava
- nibodha
- please learn
- me
- from Me
My dear Uddhava, the sages, being eager to understand the ultimate truth of the yoga system, thus inquired from Me. Now please hear as I explain that which I spoke unto the sages.