Shloka 14

Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि

Devanagari script

सर्वारम्भपरित्यागी निराशीरन्निष्परिग्रह: । येन सर्व परित्यक्त स विद्वान स च पण्डित:,जो कार्य आरम्भ करनेके सभी संकल्पोंको छोड़ चुका है, जिसके मनमें कोई कामना नहीं है, जो किसी वस्तुका संग्रह नहीं करता तथा जिसने सब कुछ त्याग दिया है, वही विद्वान है और वही पण्डित

Translation

One who has abandoned every resolve to undertake new works, who is without longing and without possessiveness, who gathers nothing and has renounced all—he alone is the learned, and he alone is the paṇḍita, the wise.

Word by Word

सर्वारम्भपरित्यागीone who has abandoned all undertakings

निराशीःdesireless, without expectation

अनिष्परिग्रहःnon-possessive, not accumulating

येनby whom

सर्वम्everything

परित्यक्तम्abandoned, renounced

सःhe

विद्वान्a learned man

सःhe

चand

पण्डितःa wise man

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

War Context

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes