Shloka 8

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

गुणैर्भूतानि युज्यन्ते वियुज्यन्ते तथैव च । सर्वाणि नैतदेकस्य शोकस्थान हि विद्यते,सभी प्राणियोंको उत्तम पदार्थोंसे संयोग और वियोग प्राप्त होते रहते हैं। किसी एकपर ही यह शोकका अवसर आता हो, ऐसी बात नहीं है

Transliteration

guṇair bhūtāni yujyante viyujyante tathaiva ca | sarvāṇi naitad ekasya śokasthānaṃ hi vidyate ||

Translation

Nārada said: All beings come into union with desirable qualities and possessions, and likewise they are separated from them. This is the common condition of all; sorrow is not a circumstance that befalls only one person. Therefore one should understand grief as universal and steady the mind with discernment rather than be overwhelmed by it.

Word by Word

गुणैःby qualities

भूतानिbeings

युज्यन्तेare joined/come into association

वियुज्यन्तेare separated/disjoined

तथाthus/likewise

एवindeed/just

चand

सर्वाणिall (things/beings)

नnot

एतत्this (fact)

एकस्यof one (person alone)

शोकस्थानम्a place/occasion for grief

हिindeed/for

विद्यतेexists/is found

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Union and separation—gain and loss—are universal experiences for all beings. Since sorrow arises from these inevitable changes, one should cultivate perspective and steadiness rather than thinking that misfortune is uniquely one's own.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada offers a consoling, philosophical instruction: he reframes personal grief as part of the shared human (and cosmic) condition, emphasizing that no single individual alone is singled out for sorrow.