Shloka 19
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
आकिज्चन्यं सुसंतोषो निराशीस्त्वमचापलम् | एतदाहुः: परं श्रेय आत्मज्ञस्थ जितात्मन:
ākiñcanyaṁ susantoṣo nirāśīs tvam acāpalam | etad āhuḥ paraṁ śreya ātmā-jñasya jitātmanaḥ ||
নারদ বললেন—অপরিগ্রহ, গভীর সন্তোষ, আকাঙ্ক্ষাহীনতা এবং অচঞ্চল স্থৈর্য—আত্মজ্ঞ ও জিতেন্দ্রিয় ব্যক্তির জন্য এ-ই পরম শ্রেয় বলে ঘোষিত।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
For a person established in Self-knowledge and self-mastery, the highest welfare lies in four disciplines: not accumulating possessions (ākiñcanya), remaining content (susantoṣa), abandoning craving/expectation (nirāśīs), and maintaining steady composure without mental fickleness (acāpalam).
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation-oriented conduct, Nārada delivers a concise ethical-spiritual prescription, identifying inner renunciation and mental steadiness as the marks of the Self-knower and as the means to supreme good.