Shloka 49

Devanagari script

कथं त्वहमसंश्लिष्टो गच्छेयं गतिमुत्तमाम्‌ | नावर्तेयं यथा भूयो योनिसंकरसागरे,फिर वे सोचने लगे, मैं सब प्रकारकी उपाधियोंसे मुक्त होकर किस प्रकार उस उत्तम गतिको प्राप्त करूँ, जहाँसे फिर इस संसार-सागरमें आना न पड़े

Transliteration

kathaṁ tv aham asaṁśliṣṭo gaccheyaṁ gatim uttamām | na āvarteyaṁ yathā bhūyo yoni-saṅkara-sāgare ||

Translation

Lalu ia berpikir: “Bagaimana aku, tanpa keterikatan dan tanpa belitan apa pun, dapat mencapai keadaan tertinggi itu—agar aku tidak kembali lagi ke samudra samsara ini, lautan kelahiran yang bercampur dan berulang?”

Word by Word

कथम्how?

तुbut/indeed

अहम्I

असंश्लिष्टःunattached, not clinging (to anything)

गच्छेयम्may I go/attain

गतिम्state/goal, course, destination

उत्तमाम्highest, supreme

नnot

आवर्तेयम्may I not return/come back

यथाso that/as

भूयःagain, once more

योनि-संकर-सागरेin the ocean of mixture/confusion of births (cycle of rebirth)

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse frames liberation as freedom from attachment and entanglement (asaṁśliṣṭaḥ). The ethical-spiritual aim is to reach the ‘highest state’ (uttamā gati) characterized by non-return—ending the cycle of repeated births symbolized as an ocean (sāgara) of saṁsāra.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada, speaking as a seeker, asks for the means to attain the supreme destination without falling back into worldly existence. The question sets up instruction on the disciplines or understanding by which one becomes unattached and avoids further rebirth.