Shloka 28

Nāga–Nāgabhāryā Saṃvāda: Varṇa-Dharma, Gṛhastha-Discipline, and Mokṣa-Self-Inquiry

Mahābhārata 12.347

Devanagari script

सम: सर्वेषु भूतेषु ईश्वर: सुखदुःखयो: । महान्‌ महात्मा सर्वात्मा नारायण इति श्रुति:,सुख और दु:खके स्वामी श्रीहरि समस्त प्राणियोंमें समभावसे स्थित हैं। श्रीनारायण महान्‌ महात्मा एवं सर्वात्मा हैं; ऐसा श्रुतिमें कहा गया है

Transliteration

samaḥ sarveṣu bhūteṣu īśvaraḥ sukhaduḥkhayoḥ | mahān mahātmā sarvātmā nārāyaṇa iti śrutiḥ ||

Translation

Нарада возвещает: Господь — владыка и радости, и страдания — пребывает во всех существах с равным отношением. Шрути (śruti) утверждает, что Он — Нараяна: Великий, великодушный, и Все-Я, внутреннее Я всего сущего.

Word by Word

समःequal, impartial

सर्वेषुin all

भूतेषुin beings/creatures

ईश्वरःthe Lord, ruler

सुखदुःखयोःof pleasure and pain

महान्great

महात्माgreat-souled one

सर्वात्माthe Self of all

नारायणःNarayana (Vishnu)

इतिthus

श्रुतिःthe Shruti/scripture; revelation

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Nārāyaṇa (Hari/Viṣṇu)

Śruti (Vedic revelation)

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Geographic Context

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

God (Nārāyaṇa) is impartial and present equally in all beings, transcending the dualities of pleasure and pain; therefore one should cultivate samatā (equanimity) and respect all life as per śruti.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada is speaking within the Śānti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, citing śruti to affirm Nārāyaṇa’s supreme status and universal indwelling presence as a basis for ethical conduct and inner steadiness.