Shloka 5

Devanagari script

न चारित्रनिमित्तो5स्याहंकारो देहतापन: । अभिन्नश्रुतचारित्रस्तस्मात्‌ सर्वत्र पूजित:,नारदजीमें शास्त्रज्ञान और चरित्रबल दोनों एक साथ संयुक्त हैं। फिर भी उनके मनमें अपनी सच्चरित्रताके कारण तनिक भी अभिमान नहीं है। वह अभिमान शरीरको संतप्त करनेवाला है। उसके न होनेसे ही नारदजीकी सर्वत्र पूजा (प्रतिष्ठा) होती है

Transliteration

na cāritra-nimitto ’syāhaṅkāro deha-tāpanaḥ | abhinna-śruta-cāritras tasmāt sarvatra pūjitaḥ ||

Translation

Keshava sprach: „In Nārada gibt es kein Ich-Dünkel, der aus sittlicher Rechtschaffenheit entspringt—ein Dünkel, der den Leib versengt. Weil seine Śāstra-Gelehrsamkeit und sein Charakter untrennbar vereint sind, wird er überall geehrt.“

Word by Word

• {'na': 'not', 'cāritra': 'conduct, moral character, disciplined behavior', 'nimitta': 'cause, occasion, basis', 'asya': 'of him, in him', 'ahaṅkāra': 'ego-sense, pride, self-conceit', 'deha': 'body', 'tāpanaḥ': 'burning, tormenting

• that which causes heat/suffering', 'abhinna': 'undivided, inseparable', 'śruta': 'what is heard/learned

• sacred learning, scriptural knowledge', 'cāritraḥ / cāritras': 'one whose conduct is (such)

• character-endowed person', 'tasmāt': 'therefore, for that reason', 'sarvatra': 'everywhere', 'pūjitaḥ': 'honored, revered, worshipped'}

Speaker

वायुदेव उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vāyu (Vāyudeva)
• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Even virtue can become a source of pride; such ego is harmful. True greatness is the union of learning (śruta) and conduct (cāritra) without self-conceit, which naturally leads to genuine respect.

What is happening in the narrative?

Vāyudeva is describing Nārada’s qualities: he possesses both scriptural knowledge and strong character, yet remains free from pride about his virtue; therefore he is revered everywhere.