Shloka 33

Devanagari script

यदा सर्व परित्यज्य गन्तव्यमवशेन ते । अनर्थे किं प्रसक्तस्त्वं स्वमर्थ नानुतिष्ठसि,जब सब कुछ छोड़कर तुम्हें यहाँसे विवश होकर चल देना है, तब इस अनर्थमय जगत्‌में क्यों आसक्त हो रहे हो? अपने वास्तविक अर्थ--मोक्षका साधन क्‍यों नहीं करते हो?

Transliteration

yadā sarvaṃ parityajya gantavyam avaśena te | anarthe kiṃ prasaktas tvaṃ svam arthaṃ nānutiṣṭhasi ||

Translation

ナーラダは言った。「やがて意に反してここを去り、すべてを捨てねばならぬのに、なぜこの無益の世に執着するのか。なぜ真の利益—解脱へ導く修行—を行わぬのか。」

Word by Word

यदाwhen

सर्वम्everything

परित्यज्यhaving abandoned

गन्तव्यम्must be gone / one must depart

अवशेनby compulsion, helplessly

तेto you / for you

अनर्थेin what is purposeless/evil (in misfortune)

किम्why? / what (for)?

प्रसक्तःattached, engrossed

त्वम्you

स्वम्one's own

अर्थम्purpose, true good (goal)

नnot

अनुतिष्ठसिyou pursue / you practice / you undertake

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?

Since departure from life is inevitable and involuntary, attachment to worldly, ultimately fruitless pursuits is irrational; one should instead cultivate the ‘true good’—spiritual practice aimed at liberation (mokṣa).

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada admonishes the listener with a reflective question, contrasting unavoidable death and abandonment of all possessions with the listener’s present attachment, urging a turn toward liberative discipline rather than transient gains.