Shloka 8

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

अदृष्टपूर्वानादाय भावानपरिशड्कितान्‌ । इष्टानिष्टान्‌ मनुष्याणामस्तं गच्छन्ति रात्रय:,ये रात्रियाँ मनुष्योंक लिये कितनी ही अपूर्व तथा असम्भावित प्रिय-अप्रिय घटनाएँ लिये आती और चली जाती हैं

Transliteration

adṛṣṭapūrvān ādāya bhāvān apariśaṅkitān | iṣṭāniṣṭān manuṣyāṇām astaṃ gacchanti rātrayaḥ ||

Translation

Nārada sprach: Die Nächte gehen ihrem Untergang entgegen und bringen den Menschen Begebenheiten, wie man sie nie zuvor sah und nie erwartete—manches erwünscht, manches unerwünscht.

Word by Word

अदृष्टपूर्वान्unseen-before, unprecedented (ones)

आदायhaving brought/taken (along)

भावान्events/occurrences, states

अपरिशङ्कितान्unsuspected, unanticipated

इष्टानिष्टान्pleasant and unpleasant

मनुष्याणाम्of humans

अस्तम्to setting/down (to disappearance)

गच्छन्तिgo, pass away

रात्रयःnights

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

human beings (manuṣyāḥ)

nights (rātrayaḥ)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Worldly experience is unpredictable: each passing night can bring unprecedented, unforeseen pleasant or unpleasant events. Therefore one should not rely on expectation or fear alone, but cultivate steadiness of mind and adherence to dharma amid changing circumstances.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is instructing by reflection on time’s passage: as nights come and go, they ‘carry’ new and unexpected happenings for people—both favorable and unfavorable—highlighting the instability of human fortunes.