Shloka 34
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
अविश्रान्तमनालम्बमपाथेयमदैशिकम् । तमःकान्तारमध्वानं कथमेको गमिष्यसि
aviśrāntam anālambam apātheyam adaiśikam | tamaḥ-kāntāram adhvānaṁ katham eko gamiṣyasi ||
നാരദൻ പറഞ്ഞു—വിശ്രമമില്ലാത്തതും ആശ്രയമില്ലാത്തതും പാഥേയമില്ലാത്തതും മാർഗ്ഗദർശകനില്ലാത്തതുമായ ആ യാത്ര—ഇരുട്ടിന്റെ കാന്താരമെന്നപോലെ—നീ ഒറ്റയ്ക്ക് എങ്ങനെ കടക്കും?
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
A solitary life-journey—especially a moral or spiritual undertaking—cannot be safely completed without steadiness, support, provisions (inner resources), and right guidance; otherwise one risks being lost in the ‘dark wilderness’ of confusion and error.
Narada addresses someone undertaking a difficult course and challenges the feasibility of proceeding alone, portraying the path as a dark and dangerous wilderness lacking rest, support, supplies, and guidance—an admonition to seek proper direction and preparedness.