Shloka 58

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

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

Devanagari script

सूर्यस्य सदने चाहं निक्षिप्येदं कलेवरम्‌ । ऋषिभि: सह यास्यामि सौरं तेजो5तिदुःसहम्‌

Transliteration

sūryasya sadane cāhaṁ nikṣipyedaṁ kalevaram | ṛṣibhiḥ saha yāsyāmi sauraṁ tejo 'tiduḥsaham ||

Translation

నారదుడు పలికెను—సూర్యుని ధామంలో ఈ దేహాన్ని విడిచి, ఋషులతో కలిసి నేను ప్రయాణించి, సహించలేనంత దుర్భరమైన సౌర తేజస్సులో ప్రవేశిస్తాను.

Word by Word

सूर्यस्यof the Sun

सदनेin the abode

चand

अहम्I

निक्षिप्यhaving cast/laid down

इदम्this

कलेवरम्body

ऋषिभिःwith the sages

सहtogether with

यास्यामिI shall go

सौरम्solar, belonging to the Sun

तेजःradiance, splendor

अतिदुःसहम्most unbearable, exceedingly hard to endure

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Sūrya (the Sun)

Ṛ

Ṛṣis (sages)

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?

The verse highlights voluntary relinquishment of the body and movement toward a higher, luminous state, implying that spiritual attainment involves transcending physical identity and approaching powerful divine realities that are not easily borne without purity and ascetic preparation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada declares his intention to leave his body in the Sun’s abode and to proceed with the sages into the Sun’s formidable radiance, indicating a departure from the human plane toward a celestial, solar realm.