Shloka 43
द्वद्धारामेषु भूतेषु गच्छन्त्येकेकशो नरा: । इदमन्यत् पद पश्य मात्र मोहं करिष्यसि,सभी प्राणी सुख-दुःख आदि द्वद्धोंमें रम रहे हैं। मनुष्य उनमेंसे एक-एकका अनुभव करते हैं अर्थात् किसीको सुखका अनुभव होता है, किसीको दुःखका। यह जो ब्रह्म नामक वस्तु है, इसे सबसे भिन्न एवं विलक्षण समझो। इसके विषयमें तुम्हें मोहग्रस्त नहीं होना चाहिये
dvandvārāmeṣu bhūteṣu gacchanty ekekaśo narāḥ | idam anyat padaṃ paśya mātra mohaṃ kariṣyasi ||
Nārada said: “Among living beings who delight in the play of opposites—pleasure and pain and the like—people pass through them one by one, each experiencing a particular pair in turn. But behold that other ‘state’ which is distinct from all this. Do not let delusion arise in you regarding it.”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Human experience is entangled in dvandvas (opposites like pleasure and pain), which individuals undergo in turn. Nārada urges the listener to discern a different ‘pada’—a state beyond these dualities (implied Brahman)—and not to fall into delusion about it.
In Śānti Parva’s instruction on liberation and right understanding, Nārada speaks as a teacher, contrasting ordinary life—where beings ‘enjoy’ and suffer dualities—with the higher, distinct goal that should be contemplated without confusion.