Shloka 38

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

उपर्युपरि लोकस्य सर्वो गन्तुं समीहते । यतते च यथाशक्ति न च तद्‌ वर्तते तथा,सब लोग लोकोंके ऊपर-से-ऊपर स्थानमें जाना चाहते हैं और यथाशक्ति इसके लिये चेष्टा भी करते हैं; किंतु वैसा करनेमें समर्थ नहीं होते

Transliteration

uparyupari lokasya sarvo gantuṃ samīhate | yatate ca yathāśakti na ca tad vartate tathā ||

Translation

Nārada said: “Everyone longs to ascend to ever higher worlds. Each strives for it according to his capacity, yet things do not turn out in that very way—one is not able to achieve it merely by wishing and exerting oneself.”

Word by Word

• उपरि: above, on top
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• उपरि: above (repeated: higher and higher)
• उपरि: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उपरि

• लोकस्य: of the world
• लोकस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Genitive, Singular

• सर्वः: everyone
• सर्वः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• गन्तुम्: to go
• गन्तुम्: Karma
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Infinitive (tumun)

• समीहते: desires/strives
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-ईह्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• यतते: exerts oneself
• Type: Verb
• Root: यत्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• शक्ति: in (one's) power/ability
• शक्ति: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति
• Form: Feminine, Locative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• तत्: that (goal/result)
• तत्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• वर्तते: happens/comes to pass/occurs
• Type: Verb
• Root: वृत्
• Form: Present (Lat), Atmanepada, 3rd, Singular

• तथा: so, in that manner
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada