Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

न बिभेति परो यस्मान्न बिभेति पराच्च यः । यश्न नेच्छति न दवेष्टि ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा

Transliteration

na bibheti paro yasmān na bibheti parāc ca yaḥ | yaś ca necchati na dveṣṭi brahma sampadyate tadā ||

Translation

Aquele de quem nenhum ser tem medo, e que ele mesmo não teme ser algum; que não deseja nem odeia—esse alcança de pronto o estado de Brahman.

Word by Word

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

• बिभेति: fears
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परः: another person
• परः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यस्मात्: from whom
• यस्मात्: Apadana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• बिभेति: fears
• Type: Verb
• Root: भी
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• परात्: from another (person)
• परात्: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: पर
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Ablative, Singular

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

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• यः: who
• यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• इच्छति: desires
• Type: Verb
• Root: इष्
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• न: nor/not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• द्वेष्टि: hates
• Type: Verb
• Root: द्विष्
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Parasmaipada

• ब्रह्म: Brahman
• ब्रह्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• सम्पद्यते: attains/becomes
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + पद्
• Form: Present, 3, Singular, Atmanepada

• तदा: then
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तदा

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• Brahman

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Liberation is characterized by a mind that neither causes fear nor experiences fear, and that is free from craving (icchā) and hatred/aversion (dveṣa). Such equanimity and harmlessness are presented as immediate qualifications for realizing Brahman.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, King Janaka speaks as a teacher, describing the ethical and psychological marks of a liberated person—one who is non-threatening, fearless, and beyond desire and hatred—culminating in Brahman-realization.