Shloka 3

Adhyāya 325: Nārada in Śvetadvīpa—Stotra to the Nirguṇa Mahātman

Devanagari script

'प्रभो! आप मोक्षधर्ममें कुशल हैं; अतः मुझे ऐसा उपदेश कीजिये, जिससे मेरे चित्तको परम शान्ति मिले' ।।

Transliteration

śrutvā putrasya tu vacaḥ paramarṣir uvāca tam | adhīṣva putra mokṣaṃ vai dharmāṃś ca vividhān api ||

Translation

Als er die Worte seines Sohnes hörte, sprach der große Weise zu ihm: „Mein Sohn, studiere wahrlich die Lehre der Befreiung, und studiere auch die vielen verschiedenen Formen des Dharma.“

Word by Word

• श्रुत्वा: having heard
• श्रुत्वा: Adhikarana
• Type: Verb
• Root: श्रु (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive), कर्तरि

• पुत्रस्य: of (his) son
• पुत्रस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• वचः: speech/words
• वचः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: वचस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• परमर्षिः: the great sage
• परमर्षिः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: परमर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच् (धातु)
• Form: Perfect (लिट्), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• तम्: to him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अधीष्व: study (you)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि-इ (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd, Singular, Ātmanepada

• पुत्र: O son
• पुत्र: Sampradana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• मोक्षम्: liberation
• मोक्षम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• वै: indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै

• धर्मान्: duties/teachings (dharmas)
• धर्मान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• विविधान्: various
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Vyāsa
• Vyāsa’s son (putra)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation (mokṣa) is approached through disciplined study and understanding, and it should be integrated with knowledge of the broader, diverse teachings of dharma rather than treated in isolation.

What is happening in the narrative?

A son requests guidance for attaining peace; the great sage (Vyāsa) responds by directing him to study mokṣa-dharma along with other forms of dharma, establishing a teacher–student transmission of spiritual and ethical knowledge.