Shloka 33
यदा सर्व परित्यज्य गन्तव्यमवशेन ते । अनर्थे किं प्रसक्तस्त्वं स्वमर्थ नानुतिष्ठसि,जब सब कुछ छोड़कर तुम्हें यहाँसे विवश होकर चल देना है, तब इस अनर्थमय जगत्में क्यों आसक्त हो रहे हो? अपने वास्तविक अर्थ--मोक्षका साधन क्यों नहीं करते हो?
yadā sarvaṃ parityajya gantavyam avaśena te | anarthe kiṃ prasaktas tvaṃ svam arthaṃ nānutiṣṭhasi ||
Nārada said: “When you must, against your will, depart from here leaving everything behind, why do you cling to what is ultimately purposeless? Why do you not pursue your true good—the discipline that leads to liberation?”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Since departure from life is inevitable and involuntary, attachment to worldly, ultimately fruitless pursuits is irrational; one should instead cultivate the ‘true good’—spiritual practice aimed at liberation (mokṣa).
Nārada admonishes the listener with a reflective question, contrasting unavoidable death and abandonment of all possessions with the listener’s present attachment, urging a turn toward liberative discipline rather than transient gains.