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Shloka 36

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva

न धनेन न राज्येन नोग्रेण तपसा तथा । स्वभावमतिवर्तन्ते ये नियुक्ता: शरीरिण:,विधाताके द्वारा कर्मफल-भोगमें नियुक्त हुए देहधारी मनुष्य धन, राज्य तथा कठोर तपस्याके प्रभावसे प्रकृतिका उल्लंघन नहीं कर सकते

na dhanena na rājyena nogreṇa tapasā tathā | svabhāvam ativartante ye niyuktāḥ śarīriṇaḥ ||

నారదుడు అన్నాడు—విధాత చేత కర్మఫలభోగానికి నియమింపబడిన దేహధారులు తమ స్వభావాన్ని అతిక్రమించలేరు—ధనంతో కాదు, రాజ్యంతో కాదు, ఘోర తపస్సుతో కూడా కాదు.

not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
धनेनby wealth
धनेन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootधन
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
nor
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
राज्येनby kingship/sovereignty
राज्येन:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootराज्य
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
nor
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
उग्रेणby fierce/harsh
उग्रेण:
Karana
TypeAdjective
Rootउग्र
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
तपसाby austerity
तपसा:
Karana
TypeNoun
Rootतपस्
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
तथाlikewise/also
तथा:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा
स्वभावम्one's nature
स्वभावम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootस्वभाव
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
अतिवर्तन्तेoverstep/transcend
अतिवर्तन्ते:
TypeVerb
Rootअति√वृत्
FormPresent, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Plural
येwho (those who)
ये:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootयद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural
नियुक्ताःappointed/assigned
नियुक्ताः:
TypeAdjective
Rootनि√युज्
FormPast Passive Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Plural
शरीरिणःembodied beings
शरीरिणः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootशरीरिन्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Plural

नारद उवाच

N
Nārada
V
Vidhātā (the Ordainer/Disposer)

Educational Q&A

Wealth, political power, and even intense austerity cannot cancel the ordained experience of one’s karmic results or allow a person to leap beyond their inherent nature (svabhāva). Ethical effort matters, but it operates within the moral law of karma and the limits of embodied existence.

In Śānti Parva’s didactic setting, Nārada delivers instruction on the workings of destiny, karma, and human limitation, emphasizing that external means (riches, rule) or extreme asceticism do not override the dispensation that assigns embodied beings to experience the fruits of their actions.