Shloka 28

Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)

Devanagari script

राजसांस्तामसांश्वैव नित्यं दोषान्‌ विवर्जयेत्‌ । साच््विकं मार्गमास्थाय पश्येदात्मानमात्मना

Transliteration

rājasāṁs tāmasāṁś caiva nityaṁ doṣān vivarjayet | sāttvikaṁ mārgam āsthāya paśyed ātmānam ātmanā ||

Translation

ରଜସ ଓ ତମସରୁ ଜନିତ ଦୋଷମାନଙ୍କୁ ସଦା ପରିତ୍ୟାଗ କରିବା ଉଚିତ। ସାତ୍ତ୍ୱିକ ମାର୍ଗକୁ ଆଶ୍ରୟ କରି ଆତ୍ମାଦ୍ୱାରା ଆତ୍ମାକୁ ଦେଖିବା ଉଚିତ।

Word by Word

• राजसान्: rajasic (faults)
• राजसान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: राजस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• तामसान्: tamasic (faults)
• तामसान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तामस
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• च: and
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• एव: indeed/just
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव

• नित्यम्: always
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य

• दोषान्: faults
• दोषान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• विवर्जयेत्: should avoid/abandon
• Type: Verb
• Root: विवर्ज्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• सात्त्विकम्: sattvic
• सात्त्विकम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सात्त्विक
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• मार्गम्: path
• मार्गम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: मार्ग
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आस्थाय: having adopted/taken up
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ + स्था
• Form: क्त्वा (absolutive/gerund), Parasmaipada

• पश्येत्: should see/realize
• Type: Verb
• Root: पश्
• Form: Optative (Vidhi-lin), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

• आत्मानम्: the Self
• आत्मानम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मना: by/with the self (oneself)
• आत्मना: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental, Singular

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• Ātman (Self)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Abandon the recurring defects rooted in rajas (passion) and tamas (delusion), and cultivate a sāttvika mode of life; through that purity and steadiness, realize the Ātman directly by inner awareness and discernment.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instructional setting, King Janaka speaks as a teacher of inner wisdom, prescribing a practical ethical-spiritual discipline: reject lower tendencies and adopt the sāttvika path so that self-realization becomes possible.