Shloka 59
नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः
Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva
इस शरीरको सूर्यलोकमें छोड़कर मैं ऋषियोंके साथ सूर्यदेवके अत्यन्त दुःसह तेजमें प्रवेश कर जाऊँगा ।।
idaṁ śarīraṁ sūryaloke tyaktvāhaṁ ṛṣibhiḥ sārdhaṁ sūryadevasya atyanta-duḥsaha-tejasi praviśyāmi. āpucchāmi nagān nāgān girim urvī diśo divam devadānavagandharvān piśācoragarākṣasān.
Nārada dit : «Laissant ce corps dans le royaume du Soleil, j’entrerai, avec les voyants, dans la radiance du dieu Soleil, absolument insoutenable. C’est pourquoi je prends congé—demandant permission et faisant mes adieux—aux montagnes et aux Nāgas, au grand sommet et à la terre, aux directions et aux cieux, ainsi qu’aux dieux, aux Dānavas, aux Gandharvas, aux Piśācas, aux êtres-serpents et aux Rākṣasas.»
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse highlights detachment from the physical body and reverence toward the entire cosmos. Even in departing for a higher, fiery spiritual state (the Sun’s radiance), one acts with humility—seeking leave from all orders of beings—suggesting that liberation or ascent should be accompanied by courtesy, non-contempt, and awareness of cosmic interdependence.
Nārada declares his intention to abandon the body in Sūryaloka and enter the Sun-god’s unbearable brilliance along with the ṛṣis. Before doing so, he formally bids farewell to the world—mountains, earth, directions, heaven, and a wide range of divine and non-divine beings—marking a solemn transition from embodied existence to a higher realm.