Shloka 24

Adhyāya 287 — Janaka’s Inquiry on Śreyas, Abhayadāna, and Asaṅga

Non-attachment

Devanagari script

नक्तंचर्या दिवास्वप्रमालस्यं पैशुनं मदम्‌ | अतियोगमयोगं च श्रेयसो<र्थी परित्यजेत्‌,कल्याण चाहनेवाला पुरुष रातमें घूमना, दिनमें सोना, आलस्य, चुगली, मादक वस्तुका सेवन, आहार-विहारका अधिक मात्रामें सेवन और उसका सर्वथा त्याग--ये सब बातें त्याग दे

Transliteration

naktaṃcaryā divāsvapram ālasyaṃ paiśunaṃ madam | atiyogam ayogaṃ ca śreyaso 'rthī parityajet ||

Translation

Narada said: One who seeks true welfare should renounce these habits: roaming about at night, sleeping by day, laziness, slanderous tale-bearing, intoxication, and also both extremes—overindulgence and total abstention—in one’s regimen of food and conduct. Such self-restraint supports a life oriented toward the good.

Word by Word

नक्तंat night

चर्याwandering/roaming

दिवाby day

स्वप्नम्sleep

आलस्यम्laziness

पैशुनम्slander/backbiting

मदम्intoxication

अतियोगम्excessive application/overindulgence

अयोगम्non-application/neglect (improper abstention)

चand

श्रेयसःof the good/supreme good

अर्थीone who seeks/desires

परित्यजेत्should abandon

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes