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Shloka 43

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva

द्वद्धारामेषु भूतेषु गच्छन्त्येकेकशो नरा: । इदमन्यत्‌ पद पश्य मात्र मोहं करिष्यसि

dvandvārāmeṣu bhūteṣu gacchanty ekekaśo narāḥ | idam anyat padaṃ paśya mātra mohaṃ kariṣyasi ||

સુખ-દુઃખ વગેરે દ્વંદ્વોના ખેલમાં રમતા પ્રાણીઓમાં મનુષ્યો એકે એક કરીને તે અનુભવમાંથી પસાર થાય છે—કોઈને સુખ, કોઈને દુઃખ. પરંતુ આ બધાથી સર્વથા ભિન્ન એવું તે ‘અન્ય પદ’ જો; તેના વિષે મોહમાં ન પડ.

द्वन्द्व-आरामेषुin the delights/pleasures of pairs of opposites
द्वन्द्व-आरामेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootद्वन्द्व-आराम
FormMasculine, Locative, Plural
भूतेषुamong beings
भूतेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootभूत
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
गच्छन्तिgo / proceed / move about
गच्छन्ति:
TypeVerb
Rootगम्
FormPresent, Third, Plural, Parasmaipada
एक-एकशःone by one; individually
एक-एकशः:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएक-एकशस्
नराःmen; humans
नराः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootनर
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
इदम्this
इदम्:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootइदम्
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
अन्यत्other; different
अन्यत्:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पदstate; place; footing (here: distinct status/position)
पद:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootपद
FormNeuter, Nominative, Singular
पश्यsee; behold; understand
पश्य:
TypeVerb
Rootदृश्
FormImperative, Second, Singular, Parasmaipada
मात्रम्only; merely
मात्रम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमात्र
मोहम्delusion
मोहम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootमोह
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
करिष्यसिyou will do / you will make
करिष्यसि:
TypeVerb
Rootकृ
FormFuture (Simple Future), Second, Singular, Parasmaipada

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
N
narāḥ (human beings)
B
bhūtāni (living beings)
D
dvandva (dualities)
P
pada (the distinct state/goal, implied Brahman)

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.