Shloka 43

Devanagari script

द्वद्धारामेषु भूतेषु गच्छन्त्येकेकशो नरा: । इदमन्यत्‌ पद पश्य मात्र मोहं करिष्यसि,सभी प्राणी सुख-दुःख आदि द्वद्धोंमें रम रहे हैं। मनुष्य उनमेंसे एक-एकका अनुभव करते हैं अर्थात्‌ किसीको सुखका अनुभव होता है, किसीको दुःखका। यह जो ब्रह्म नामक वस्तु है, इसे सबसे भिन्न एवं विलक्षण समझो। इसके विषयमें तुम्हें मोहग्रस्त नहीं होना चाहिये

Transliteration

dvandvārāmeṣu bhūteṣu gacchanty ekekaśo narāḥ | idam anyat padaṃ paśya mātra mohaṃ kariṣyasi ||

Translation

قال نارادا: «إن الكائنات الحيّة التي تلتذّ بلعبة الأضداد—كاللذّة والألم وما شابههما—يمرّ الناس بها واحدًا بعد واحد، فيذوق كلّ امرئٍ زوجًا بعينه في دوره. ولكن انظر إلى ذلك “المقام” الآخر، المباين لكلّ هذا. فلا تدع الوهم ينهض فيك بشأنه.»

Word by Word

द्वन्द्व-आरामेषुin the delights/pleasures of pairs of opposites

भूतेषुamong beings

गच्छन्तिgo / proceed / move about

एक-एकशःone by one; individually

नराःmen; humans

इदम्this

अन्यत्other; different

पदstate; place; footing (here: distinct status/position)

पश्यsee; behold; understand

मात्रम्only; merely

मोहम्delusion

करिष्यसिyou will do / you will make

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

narāḥ (human beings)

bhūtāni (living beings)

dvandva (dualities)

pada (the distinct state/goal, implied Brahman)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Human experience is entangled in dvandvas (opposites like pleasure and pain), which individuals undergo in turn. Nārada urges the listener to discern a different ‘pada’—a state beyond these dualities (implied Brahman)—and not to fall into delusion about it.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and right understanding, Nārada speaks as a teacher, contrasting ordinary life—where beings ‘enjoy’ and suffer dualities—with the higher, distinct goal that should be contemplated without confusion.