Shloka 576
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
परिभ्रमति संसारं चक्रवद् बहुवेदन: । फिर प्रारब्ध कर्मोके उदय होनेपर वह बद्ध प्राणी कर्मके अनुसार जन्म पाकर संसारमें नाना प्रकारके दुःख भोगता हुआ उसमें चक्रकी भाँति घूमता रहता है
paribhramati saṃsāraṃ cakravad bahuvedanaḥ |
नारद म्हणाले—अनेक वेदनांनी भारलेला तो बद्ध प्राणी प्रारब्ध कर्माचा उदय झाला की कर्मानुसार जन्म घेतो; आणि संसारात नाना प्रकारची दुःखे भोगीत चक्राप्रमाणे फिरत राहतो.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse teaches that as long as a being remains bound by karma, it continues to revolve through saṃsāra like a wheel—taking births in accordance with its actions and experiencing recurring suffering when karmic results mature. The ethical implication is that one should cultivate right conduct and liberating knowledge/renunciation to end this cycle.
Nārada is speaking in a didactic context within the Śānti Parva, describing the condition of the bound soul. He uses the image of a wheel to explain the repetitive, cyclical nature of worldly existence driven by karma and its fruition.