Shloka 3
अध्याय २८६ — पराशर-उपदेशः
Ethical Restraint, Mortality, and Karma
नारद उवाच उरसेव प्रणमसे बाहुभ्यां तरसीव च । सम्प्रहृष्टमना नित्यं विशोक इव लक्ष्यसे
nārada uvāca | uraseva praṇamase bāhubhyāṃ tarasīva ca | samprahṛṣṭamanā nityaṃ viśoka iva lakṣyase ||
नारद उवाच—उरसेव प्रणमसे बाहुभ्यां तरसीव च । सम्प्रहृष्टमना नित्यं विशोक इव लक्ष्यसे ॥
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
True reverence and spiritual steadiness are inward: one ‘bows with the heart’ and remains cheerful and seemingly sorrowless. The verse praises inner strength and self-reliance in crossing saṃsāra, suggesting that disciplined character and inner clarity—not mere external gestures—carry one beyond suffering.
Nārada addresses a person he observes to be unusually serene. He remarks that the person’s manner of salutation feels heartfelt, and he metaphorically notes that such a one seems capable of crossing the ‘ocean’ of worldly life by the power of their own arms—i.e., through personal effort and inner fortitude—while appearing consistently joyful and free from grief.