Shloka 10
Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)
शुक उवाच पित्राहमुक्तो भद्रें ते मोक्षधर्मार्थकोविद: । विदेहराजो याज्यो मे जनको नाम विश्रुत:
śuka uvāca: pitrāham ukto bhadraṁ te mokṣa-dharmārtha-kovidaḥ | videha-rājo yājyo me janako nāma viśrutaḥ ||
ਸ਼ੁਕ ਨੇ ਕਿਹਾ—ਰਾਜਨ, ਤੇਰਾ ਮੰਗਲ ਹੋਵੇ। ਮੇਰੇ ਪਿਤਾ ਨੇ ਮੈਨੂੰ ਆਖਿਆ ਹੈ—‘ਮੇਰਾ ਯਜਮਾਨ, ਲੋਕ-ਪ੍ਰਸਿੱਧ ਵਿਦੇਹ ਰਾਜਾ ਜਨਕ, ਮੋਖਸ਼-ਧਰਮ ਦੇ ਅਰਥ-ਤੱਤ ਦਾ ਵਿਦਵਾਨ ਹੈ।’
शुक उवाच
Educational Q&A
When doubts arise about the proper path—active life in the world (pravṛtti) or renunciation (nivṛtti)—one should approach a proven knower of mokṣa-dharma. The verse emphasizes humility, seeking competent guidance, and the authority of realized wisdom even in a king (Janaka).
Śuka reports that his father has directed him toward the famed King Janaka of Videha, describing Janaka as an expert in mokṣa-dharma and capable of resolving uncertainties about the competing orientations of worldly duty and renunciant pursuit.