Janaka said ( regenerate Rishi, how many kinds of senses are there? How many kinds also are there of Nature? What is the Unmanifest and highest Brahma? What is higher than Brahmana? What is Birth and what Death? What are the limits of Age? You should, O foremost of Brahmanas, describe all these subjects to me who seek your favour.
जनक उवाच कतीन्द्रियाणि विप्रर्षे कति प्रकृतयः स्मृताः। किमव्यक्तं परं ब्रह्म तस्माच्च परतस्तु किम्॥ प्रभवं चाप्ययं चैव कालसंख्यां तथैव च। वक्तुमर्हसि विप्रेन्द्र त्वदनुग्रहकाङ्क्षिणः॥