Shloka 22

Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि

Devanagari script

तपोनित्येन दान्तेन मुनिना संयतात्मना | अजित जेतुकामेन भाव्यं सड्लेष्वसज्धिना,जो अजित (परमात्मा)-को जीतनेकी इच्छा रखता हो, उसे तपस्वी, जितेन्द्रिय, मननशील, संयतचित्त और विषयोंमें अनासक्त रहना चाहिये

Transliteration

taponityena dāntena muninā saṃyatātmanā | ajita jetukāmena bhāvyaṃ saḍleṣv asaṅginā ||

Translation

അജിതനായ പരമാത്മാവിനെ ജയിക്കണമെന്നാഗ്രഹിക്കുന്നവൻ നിത്യ തപസ്സിൽ സ്ഥിരനായി, ഇന്ദ്രിയദമനമുള്ളവനായി, ധ്യാനപരനായ മുനിയായി, സംയതാത്മാവായി, വിഷയങ്ങളിൽ അസക്തനായി ജീവിക്കണം.

Word by Word

तपोनित्येनby one who is constantly engaged in austerity

दान्तेनby the self-controlled

मुनिनाby a sage

संयतात्मनाby one whose self/mind is restrained

अजितO Ajita (Unconquered Lord)

जेतुकामेनby one desiring to conquer (you)

भाव्यम्should be / must be (one should become)

सङ्गलेषुin attachments / in associations

असक्तिनाwith non-attachment

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Ajita (Paramātman)

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?

To approach realization of the Supreme (Ajita), one must cultivate steady tapas, mastery of the senses, mental discipline, and non-attachment to sense-objects; inner conquest is the prerequisite for spiritual conquest.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is instructing the listener on the qualifications and conduct required for one who seeks the highest spiritual attainment—framing the path as ascetic discipline and detachment rather than external achievement.