राजोवाच श्रुतमन्वीक्षितं ब्रह्मन् भगवान् यदभाषत । नैतज्जानन्त्युपाध्याया: किं न ब्रूयुर्विदुर्यदि ॥ ५६ ॥
rajovaca srutam anviksitam brahman bhagavan yad abhasata naitaj jananty upadhyayah kim na bruyur vidur yadi
- raja uvaca
- the King said
- srutam
- was heard
- anviksitam
- was considered
- brahman
- O brahmana
- bhagavan
- the most powerful
- yat
- which
- abhasata
- you have spoken
- na
- not
- etat
- this
- jananti
- do know
- upadhyayah
- the teachers of fruitive activities
- kim
- why
- na bruyuh
- they did not instruct
- viduh
- they understood
- yadi
- if.
The King replied: My dear brahmana, whatever you have said I have heard with great attention and, considering all of it, have come to the conclusion that the acaryas (teachers) who engaged me in fruitive activity did not know this confidential knowledge. If they were aware of it, why did they not explain it to me?