Shloka 34
नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः
Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva
इस पृथ्वीपर मृग, पक्षी, हिंसक पशु और दरिद्र मनुष्योंको जब रोग सताता है, तब कौन उनकी चिकित्सा करने जाते हैं? किंतु प्राय: उन्हें रोग होता ही नहीं है ।।
ghorān api durādharṣān nṛpatīn ugratejasaḥ | ākramyādadate rogāḥ paśūn paśugaṇā iva ||
घोरानपि दुराधर्षान् नृपतीनुग्रतेजसः। आक्रम्याददते रोगाः पशून् पशुगणा इव॥
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
Power and royal might do not protect one from disease; suffering can subdue even the strongest. Hence one should not be arrogant about strength or status, but live with humility and adherence to dharma.
Nārada uses a vivid simile: as large beasts overpower smaller animals, so diseases can attack and dominate even fierce, hard-to-defeat kings, illustrating the limits of worldly power.