Shloka 29
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
मनुष्यको चाहिये कि वह धैर्यके द्वारा शिश्र और उदरकी, नेत्रके द्वारा हाथ और पैरकी, मनके द्वारा आँख और कानकी तथा सद्विद्याके द्वारा मन और वाणीकी रक्षा करे |। प्रणयं प्रतिसंहृत्य संस्तुतेष्वितरेषु च । विचरेदसमुन्नद्ध: स सुखी स च पण्डित:,जो पूजनीय तथा अन्य मनुष्योंमें आसक्तिको हटाकर विनीतभावसे विचरण करता है, वही सुखी और वही विद्वान है
manuṣyako cāhiyē ki vaha dhairyake dvārā śiśra-udarakī, netrake dvārā hātha-pairakī, manake dvārā āँkha-kānakī tathā sadvidyāke dvārā mana-vāṇīkī rakṣā kare | praṇayaṁ pratisaṁhṛtya saṁstuteṣv itareṣu ca | vicared asamunnaddhaḥ sa sukhī sa ca paṇḍitaḥ ||
Nārada teaches that a person should guard the senses and the inner life through disciplined self-control: by steadiness one restrains the impulses of the generative organ and the belly; by the eyes one keeps the hands and feet from straying; by the mind one governs the eyes and ears; and by true knowledge one protects the mind and speech. Having withdrawn personal attachment—both toward those who honor him and toward others—one should move about with humility, free from arrogance. Such a person alone is truly happy, and truly wise.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Happiness and wisdom arise from disciplined restraint of appetite and sexuality, careful governance of action and movement, mastery of the senses through the mind, and purification of mind and speech through true knowledge—together with the withdrawal of attachment and the cultivation of humility.
In the Śānti Parva’s instruction on dharma and conduct, Nārada delivers a concise ethical guideline: regulate the body and senses, detach from the pull of praise and social preference, and live without arrogance; this is presented as the mark of a genuinely wise and content person.