Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 45

Śokanivāraṇa: Non-brooding, Impermanence, Contentment, and Śuka’s Renunciation

Devanagari script

विचरेदसमुन्नद्धः स सुखी स च पंडितः । अध्यात्मगतमालीनो निरपेक्षो निरामिषः ॥ ४५ ॥

Transliteration

vicaredasamunnaddhaḥ sa sukhī sa ca paṃḍitaḥ | adhyātmagatamālīno nirapekṣo nirāmiṣaḥ || 45 ||

Translation

驕りなく歩め。その人こそ真に安楽であり真に賢者である――アートマンに没入し、内に堅く住し、依り頼むことなく、感官の対象を貪らない。

Word by Word

• विचरेत्: should wander/live
• विचरेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-चर् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular)

• असमुन्नद्धः: not arrogant, not puffed up
• असमुन्नद्धः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अ-सम्-उन्नद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण (adjective)

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• सः: he
• सः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• पण्डितः: a learned man, wise person
• पण्डितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पण्डित (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• अध्यात्म-गत-मालीनः: absorbed in the inner self, inwardly garlanded/engaged
• अध्यात्म-गत-मालीनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अध्यात्म (प्रातिपदिक) + गत (कृदन्त; √गम्) + मालिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (adhyātma-gata ‘gone to/absorbed in the self’ as qualifier of mālin); विशेषण

• निरपेक्षः: independent, without expectation
• निरपेक्षः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-अपेक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• निरामिषः: without sensual bait/without meat; untempted
• निरामिषः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्-आमिष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It defines the conduct of a liberation-oriented seeker: humility, inner absorption in the Self (adhyātma), and freedom from dependence and sensory craving—presented as the basis of real happiness and wisdom.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By insisting on nirapekṣatā (no worldly expectation) and nirāmiṣatā (no taste for sense-enjoyment), it supports pure devotion: a mind unhooked from rewards can rest steadily in remembrance and surrender to the Divine.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedanga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical-spiritual discipline—humility and restraint—which undergirds all Vedic study and sādhana.