Shloka 2

एकान्तिधर्म-प्रश्नः (Inquiry into Ekāntin Dharma) / The Origin and Practice of Single-Pointed Nārāyaṇa-Centered Discipline

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच यदर्थमात्रप्रभवेण जन्म कृतं॑ त्वया धर्मगृहे चतुर्धा । तत्‌ साध्यतां लोकहितार्थमद्य गच्छामि द्र॒ष्ठ प्रकृतिं तवाद्याम्‌

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | yad-artha-mātra-prabhaveṇa janma kṛtaṁ tvayā dharma-gṛhe caturdhā | tat sādhyatāṁ loka-hitārtham adya gacchāmi draṣṭuṁ prakṛtiṁ tavādyām |

Translation

Nārada said: “O Lord, you are the source from which all things arise. For the sake of a particular purpose you have taken birth in the house of Dharma in four forms; let that purpose be accomplished today for the welfare of the worlds. Now I go to behold your primordial form (in Śvetadvīpa).”

Word by Word

• नारदः: Narada
• नारदः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• उवाच: said
• Type: Verb
• Root: वच्
• Form: Perfect (Paroksha-bhuta), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• यत्: which (purpose/that which)
• यत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अर्थ: purpose/meaning
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), —

• मात्र: mere measure/only
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्र
• Form: Feminine, Stem (in compound), —

• प्रभवेण: by (your) power/originating capacity
• प्रभवेण: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रभव
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

• जन्म: birth/manifestation
• जन्म: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular

• कृतम्: done/made/undertaken
• Type: Participle
• Root: कृ
• Form: Neuter, Nominative, Singular, क्त (past passive participle)

• त्वया: by you
• त्वया: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Instrumental, Singular, 2nd

• धर्म: dharma/righteousness
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्म
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), —

• गृहे: in the house/abode
• गृहे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• चतुर्धा: fourfold
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: चतुर्धा

• तत्: that (purpose)
• तत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• साध्यताम्: let it be accomplished
• Type: Verb
• Root: साध्
• Form: Imperative, Passive, 3rd, Singular

• लोक: world/people
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Stem (in compound), —

• हित: welfare/good
• Type: Noun
• Root: हित
• Form: Neuter, Stem (in compound), —

• अर्थम्: for the sake of
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्थ
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• अद्य: today/now
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य

• गच्छामि: I go
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम्
• Form: Present, Indicative, 1st, Singular, Parasmaipada

• द्रष्टुम्: to see
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: तुमुन् (infinitive)

• प्रकृतिम्: original nature/form
• प्रकृतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रकृति
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

• तव: of you/your
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Genitive, Singular, 2nd

• आद्याम्: primeval/first
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आद्य
• Form: Feminine, Accusative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Dharma (as a personified figure/house of Dharma)
• Śvetadvīpa
• the Lord (addressed as the source of all beings)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Divine manifestation is presented as purposeful and ethically oriented: the Lord assumes forms not for display but to accomplish a specific aim—loka-hita, the welfare of all beings—grounding theology in moral responsibility.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses the Lord, reminding him of the intended purpose behind a fourfold manifestation in the ‘house of Dharma,’ urging its fulfillment for the world’s good, and then declares his departure to Śvetadvīpa to behold the Lord’s primordial form.