Shloka 16

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

Devanagari script

आत्मभूतैरतदभूत: सह चैव विनैव च । स विमुक्तः परं श्रेयो नचिरेणाधितिष्ठति

Transliteration

ātmabhūtair atadbhūtaḥ saha caiva vinaiva ca | sa vimuktaḥ paraṃ śreyo na cireṇādhitiṣṭhati ||

Translation

ଯେ ଦେହ ଓ ଇନ୍ଦ୍ରିୟମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ରହିଲେ ମଧ୍ୟ ସେମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ତାଦାତ୍ମ୍ୟ କରେ ନାହିଁ—ସେମାନଙ୍କ ସହ ମଧ୍ୟ ଓ ସେମାନଙ୍କୁ ଛାଡ଼ି ମଧ୍ୟ ରହେ—ସେଇ ସତ୍ୟରେ ମୁକ୍ତ; ସେ ଅଳ୍ପକାଳରେ ପରମ ଶ୍ରେୟରେ ଅଧିଷ୍ଠିତ ହୁଏ।

Word by Word

• आत्मभूतैः: by/with those that have become (as if) the self
• आत्मभूतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun/Adjective
• Root: आत्मभूत (आत्मन् + भूत)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural

• अतद्भूतः: not become that (i.e., not identified with them)
• अतद्भूतः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतद्भूत (अ + तद् + भूत)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• सह: together with
• सह: Adhikarana
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सह

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

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

• विना: without/apart from
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विना

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

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

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (स)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• विमुक्तः: liberated/freed
• विमुक्तः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + मुच् (क्त)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• परम्: supreme/highest
• परम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• श्रेयः: the highest good
• श्रेयः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रेयस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• चिरेण: after a long time/with delay
• चिरेण: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun (adverbial use)
• Root: चिर
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• अधितिष्ठति: attains/stands upon (reaches, abides in)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अधि + स्था
• Form: Present (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation arises from non-identification: even while the body and senses function, one should not take them to be the self. With controlled senses and non-attachment to objects, one quickly attains the highest good.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Nārada describes the mark of a liberated person: living amid embodied life yet remaining inwardly separate from the body-sense complex, and thus swiftly reaching supreme welfare.