Shloka 50

Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि

Devanagari script

इन्द्रियैर्नियतैर्देही धाराभिरिव तर्प्यते । लोके विततमात्मानं लोकांक्षात्मनि पश्यति

Transliteration

indriyair niyatair dehī dhārābhir iva tarpyate | loke vitatam ātmānaṃ lokāṃś cātmani paśyati ||

Translation

Nārada dit : Quand un être vivant a tenu ses sens en bride, il devient comblé—tel l’homme assoiffé ranimé par les filets de la pluie. Un tel connaissant voit le Soi (Ātman) répandu en tous les êtres, et tous les êtres demeurant dans le Soi ; ainsi vit-il dans le monde avec plénitude intérieure et détachement.

Word by Word

• इन्द्रियैः: by the senses
• इन्द्रियैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: इन्द्रिय
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• नियतैः: controlled, restrained
• नियतैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नियत
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• देही: the embodied being
• देही: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: देहिन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• धाराभिः: by streams (of rain)
• धाराभिः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: धारा
• Form: Feminine, Instrumental, Plural

• इव: as, like
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इव

• तर्प्यते: is satisfied, is quenched
• Type: Verb
• Root: तृप्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Atmanepada, Passive

• लोके: in the world
• लोके: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• विततम्: spread out, pervading
• विततम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वितत
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मानम्: the Self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• लोकान्: worlds / beings
• लोकान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: लोक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

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

• आत्मनि: in the Self
• आत्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• पश्यति: sees
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश्
• Form: Present, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Ātman (Self)
• Indriyas (senses)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Mastery over the senses brings genuine contentment, and true wisdom is the vision of the one Self pervading all beings and all beings resting in that Self—reducing craving, fear, and hostility.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and right living, Nārada delivers a teaching on inner discipline and spiritual insight, using the image of rain satisfying thirst to illustrate how sense-restraint culminates in serene, all-pervading Self-knowledge.