Shloka 52

Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि

Devanagari script

ज्ञानेन विविधान्‌ क्लेशानतिवृत्तस्य मोहजान्‌

Transliteration

jñānena vividhān kleśān ativṛttasya mohajān

Translation

జ్ఞానంతో మోహజనితమైన నానావిధ క్లేశాలను అతిక్రమించినవానికి—

Word by Word

• ज्ञानेन: by knowledge
• ज्ञानेन: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञान
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• विविधान्: various
• विविधान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विविध
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• क्लेशान्: afflictions, troubles
• क्लेशान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्लेश
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• अतिवृत्तस्य: of (one) who has overcome / passed beyond
• अतिवृत्तस्य: Adhikarana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अतिवृत्त
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive, Singular

• मोहजान्: born of delusion
• मोहजान्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मोहज
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Narada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Knowledge (jñāna) enables a person to overcome the diverse sufferings that arise from delusion (moha). The ethical implication is that clarity and discernment reduce inner turmoil and lead toward freedom from bondage.

What is happening in the narrative?

Narada is speaking in a didactic context within the Shanti Parva, introducing or continuing an instruction about the liberated or wise person—specifically, one who has crossed beyond delusion-born afflictions by means of knowledge.