Shloka 54
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
यो जन््तु: स्वकृतैस्तैस्तै: कर्मभिर्नित्यदु:खित:
yo jantuḥ svakṛtais tais tais karmabhir nityaduḥkhitaḥ
قال نارادا: «ذلك الكائن الحيّ الذي، بتلك الأفعال نفسها التي صنعها بيده، يصير مبتلى بالحزن على الدوام…»
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Suffering is presented as the consequence of one’s own actions: the being becomes continually miserable through deeds performed by oneself, emphasizing moral causality and personal responsibility within the karmic framework.
Nārada is speaking in an instructive context in the Śānti Parva, introducing (or continuing) a reflection on how beings experience ongoing sorrow due to their own varied actions, setting up an ethical lesson about karma and its fruits.