Shloka 54
नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः
Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva
न होष क्षयतां याति सोम: सुरगणैर्यथा । कम्पितः पतते भूमिं पुनश्चैवाधिरोहति
na hoṣa kṣayatāṃ yāti somaḥ suragaṇair yathā | kampitaḥ patate bhūmiṃ punaś caivādhirohati ||
নাৰদে ক’লে—দেৱগণে যেন অমৃত পান কৰি সোমচন্দ্ৰক ক্ষীণ কৰে, তেনেদৰে সূৰ্যৰ ক্ষয় নহয়। ধূমমাৰ্গে চন্দ্ৰলোলৈ যোৱা জীৱ, কৰ্মপুণ্যৰ ভোগ শেষ হ’লে কঁপি কঁপি পৃথিৱীত পতিত হয়; আৰু নতুনকৈ অৰ্জিত কৰ্মফল ভোগ কৰিবলৈ পুনৰ চন্দ্ৰলোলৈ আৰোহণ কৰে। সেয়ে চন্দ্ৰলোকে গৈও আগমন-নিগমনৰ চক্ৰৰ পৰা মুক্তি নাহে।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Heavenly attainments such as reaching the Moon-world are temporary: when the merit that produced them is exhausted, the soul returns to earth and re-enters the cycle of rebirth. Therefore, such destinations do not constitute liberation from saṃsāra.
Nārada explains a cosmological-ethical point: unlike the Moon, which is described as waning under divine consumption, the Sun is not diminished; and a being who reaches the lunar realm via the ‘path of smoke’ eventually falls back to earth once karmic enjoyment ends, then ascends again through new karma—showing repeated coming and going.