Shloka 3

Devanagari script

नारद उवाच उरसेव प्रणमसे बाहुभ्यां तरसीव च । सम्प्रहृष्टमना नित्यं विशोक इव लक्ष्यसे,नारदजीने पूछा--समड़्जी! दूसरे लोग तो सिर झुकाकर प्रणाम करते हैं; परंतु आप हृदयसे प्रणाम करते जान पड़ते हैं। मालूम होता है, आप इस संसारसागरको अपनी इन दोनों भुजाओंसे ही तैरकर पार हो जायँगे। आपका मन नित्य प्रसन्न रहता है तथा आप सदा शोकशून्य-से दिखायी देते हैं

Transliteration

nārada uvāca | uraseva praṇamase bāhubhyāṃ tarasīva ca | samprahṛṣṭamanā nityaṃ viśoka iva lakṣyase ||

Translation

നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—നീ തലകൊണ്ട് മാത്രമല്ല, ഹൃദയംകൊണ്ടുതന്നെ നമസ്കരിക്കുന്നതായി തോന്നുന്നു. കൂടാതെ, സ്വന്തം രണ്ടു ഭുജങ്ങളുടെ ബലത്താൽ ഈ സംസാരസമുദ്രം നീന്തിക്കടക്കുംപോലെ കാണുന്നു. നിന്റെ മനസ്സ് നിത്യവും ആനന്ദിതമാണ്; നീ ശോകരഹിതനെന്നപോലെ ദൃശ്യമാകുന്നു.

Word by Word

नारदःNarada

उवाचsaid

उरसाwith the chest/heart

इवas if/like

प्रणमसेyou bow/salute

बाहुभ्याम्with (your) two arms

तरसाwith force/vigor

इवas if/like

चand

सम्प्रहृष्टमनाone whose mind is delighted

नित्यम्always

विशोकःfree from sorrow

इवas if

लक्ष्यसेyou are seen/appear

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True reverence and spiritual steadiness are inward: one ‘bows with the heart’ and remains cheerful and seemingly sorrowless. The verse praises inner strength and self-reliance in crossing saṃsāra, suggesting that disciplined character and inner clarity—not mere external gestures—carry one beyond suffering.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses a person he observes to be unusually serene. He remarks that the person’s manner of salutation feels heartfelt, and he metaphorically notes that such a one seems capable of crossing the ‘ocean’ of worldly life by the power of their own arms—i.e., through personal effort and inner fortitude—while appearing consistently joyful and free from grief.