Shloka 353

Devanagari script

यथा त्वमेनसा मुक्ता विरजा: ख्यातिमेष्यसि । “लोकपाल, यम तथा नाना प्रकारकी व्याधियाँ तेरी सहायता करेंगी। मैं और सम्पूर्ण देवता तुझे पुनः वरदान देंगे, जिससे तू पापमुक्त हो अपने निर्मल स्वरूपसे विख्यात होगी”

Transliteration

yathā tvam enasā muktā virajāḥ khyātim eṣyasi |

Translation

Nārada said: “Just as you will be freed from sin, you will become stainless and attain renown again in your purified state.” The statement frames moral restoration as both inner cleansing (freedom from guilt) and outward rehabilitation (renewed good repute), implying that sincere release from wrongdoing leads to clarity and social-spiritual honor.

Word by Word

यथाas, just as

त्वम्you

एनसाby sin; from sin (as cause/means)

मुक्ताfreed, released

विरजाःstainless, pure

ख्यातिम्fame, renown

एष्यसिyou will attain

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Cross References

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Moral freedom is portrayed as a twofold transformation: release from inner sin (enas) and the emergence of a stainless condition (virajāḥ), which naturally supports the return of honorable standing (khyāti).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada offers a consoling assurance or prophecy to the addressed person (a feminine subject in the Sanskrit), stating that she will be liberated from sin and regain a pure, reputable status.