Shloka 21

अध्याय ३३१: नारायणकथा-प्रशंसा तथा नारदस्य श्वेतद्वीप-निवृत्ति एवं बदरी-आगमनम् | Chapter 331: Praise of the Nārāyaṇa Narrative; Nārada’s Return from Śvetadvīpa and Arrival at Badarī

Devanagari script

अन्तो नास्ति पिपासायास्तुष्टिस्तु परमं सुखम्‌ | तस्मात्‌ संतोषमेवेह धनं पश्यन्ति पण्डित:,तृष्णाका कभी अन्त नहीं होता। संतोष ही परम सुख है, अत: पण्डितजन इस लोकमें संतोषको ही उत्तम धन समझते हैं

Transliteration

anto nāsti pipāsāyās tuṣṭis tu paramaṃ sukham | tasmāt santoṣam eveha dhanaṃ paśyanti paṇḍitāḥ ||

Translation

Nārada said: “There is no end to craving; contentment alone is the highest happiness. Therefore, the wise in this world regard contentment itself as the finest wealth.”

Word by Word

अन्तःend, limit

नnot

अस्तिis/exists

पिपासायाःof thirst (craving)

तुष्टिःcontentment, satisfaction

तुbut, indeed

परमम्supreme, highest

सुखम्happiness

तस्मात्therefore, from that

संतोषम्contentment

एवonly, indeed

इहhere, in this world

धनम्wealth, treasure

पश्यन्तिsee, regard

पण्डिताःwise people, sages

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Sandhi Notes