Shloka 54
नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः
Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva
न होष क्षयतां याति सोम: सुरगणैर्यथा । कम्पितः पतते भूमिं पुनश्चैवाधिरोहति
na hoṣa kṣayatāṃ yāti somaḥ suragaṇair yathā | kampitaḥ patate bhūmiṃ punaś caivādhirohati ||
नारद म्हणाले—देवगण जसे अमृत पिऊन सोमचंद्राला क्षीण करतात, तसा सूर्याचा क्षय होत नाही. धूममार्गाने चंद्रलोकात गेलेला जीव, कर्मपुण्याचा भोग संपला की कंपित होऊन पृथ्वीवर पडतो; आणि नव्या कर्मफळांचा भोग घेण्यासाठी तो पुन्हा चंद्रलोकात चढतो. म्हणून चंद्रलोकप्राप्तीलाही ये-जा सुटत नाही।
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Heavenly attainments such as reaching the Moon-world are temporary: when the merit that produced them is exhausted, the soul returns to earth and re-enters the cycle of rebirth. Therefore, such destinations do not constitute liberation from saṃsāra.
Nārada explains a cosmological-ethical point: unlike the Moon, which is described as waning under divine consumption, the Sun is not diminished; and a being who reaches the lunar realm via the ‘path of smoke’ eventually falls back to earth once karmic enjoyment ends, then ascends again through new karma—showing repeated coming and going.