Shloka 27

अध्याय ३३१: नारायणकथा-प्रशंसा तथा नारदस्य श्वेतद्वीप-निवृत्ति एवं बदरी-आगमनम् | Chapter 331: Praise of the Nārāyaṇa Narrative; Nārada’s Return from Śvetadvīpa and Arrival at Badarī

Devanagari script

प्राक्सम्प्रयोगाद्‌ भूतानां नास्ति दुःखं परायणम्‌ । विप्रयोगात्‌ तु सर्वस्य न शोचेत्‌ प्रकृतिस्थित:

Transliteration

prāk-samprayogād bhūtānāṁ nāsti duḥkhaṁ parāyaṇam | viprayogāt tu sarvasya na śocet prakṛti-sthitaḥ ||

Translation

Nārada disse: “Antes de os seres se associarem uns aos outros, não há tristeza que possa apegar-se como derradeiro refúgio. É somente após a união—quando ocorre a separação—que a dor surge para todos. Portanto, o homem discernente, firme na sua verdadeira natureza, não deve lamentar a separação de ninguém.”

Word by Word

• {'prāk': 'formerly, before', 'samprayoga': 'coming together, association, union', 'bhūtānām': 'of beings, of living creatures', 'na asti': 'there is not', 'duḥkham': 'sorrow, suffering, grief', 'parāyaṇam': 'ultimate refuge

• that which one falls back upon as final resort', 'viprayogāt': 'from separation, due to disunion', 'tu': 'but, indeed', 'sarvasya': 'for everyone, of all', 'na śocet': 'should not grieve', 'prakṛti-sthitaḥ': 'one established in one’s own nature

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Sorrow is not intrinsic to the self; it arises from attachment formed after association and is triggered by separation. One who is established in one’s true nature (prakṛti-sthita) maintains equanimity and does not grieve over inevitable partings.

What is happening in the narrative?

In Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Nārada delivers a reflective teaching: he analyzes the cause of grief (viprayoga after samprayoga) and prescribes steadiness in one’s own nature as the ethical and spiritual response.