Shloka 21
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
निरामिषा न शोचन्ति त्यजेदामिषमात्मन: । परित्यज्यामिषं सौम्य दुःखतापाद् विमोक्ष्यसे
nirāmiṣā na śocanti tyajed āmiṣam ātmanaḥ | parityajyāmiṣaṃ saumya duḥkhatāpād vimokṣyase ||
Nārada dit : «Ceux qui sont délivrés du désir des objets des sens ne tombent pas dans le chagrin. C’est pourquoi chacun doit, en lui-même, rejeter l’attachement aux plaisirs. Ô doux ami, en renonçant à ces plaisirs, tu seras libéré de la peine et du tourment intérieur.»
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Grief is sustained by attachment to sense-pleasures; by renouncing craving for enjoyment (āmiṣa/bhoga) one becomes free from sorrow and mental heat (tāpa).
Nārada addresses a listener (saumya) in an instructive passage of the Śānti Parva, urging inner renunciation of enticing pleasures as a practical means to overcome suffering.