Shloka 2

निवृत्तं चास्थितो धर्म क्षमी भागवत: प्रभु: । निवृत्तिधर्मान्‌ विदधे स एव भगवान्‌ प्रभु:,सबके स्वामी क्षमाशील भगवान्‌ नारायण स्वयं तो निवृत्तिधर्ममें ही स्थित हैं और उन्हीं सर्वशक्तिमान्‌ भगवानने निवृत्तिधर्मोंका विधान किया है

śaunaka uvāca | nivṛttaṃ cāsthito dharmaḥ kṣamī bhāgavataḥ prabhuḥ | nivṛtti-dharmān vidadhe sa eva bhagavān prabhuḥ ||

క్షమాశీలుడైన, సమస్తానికి స్వామైన భాగవత ప్రభువు నారాయణుడు స్వయంగా నివృత్తిధర్మంలో స్థితుడై ఉన్నాడు; మరియు ఆ సర్వశక్తిమంతుడైన భగవానే నివృత్తిధర్మాల విధానాన్ని ఏర్పాటు చేశాడు.

निवृत्तम्withdrawn/turned away (from action)
निवृत्तम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootनिवृत्त (नि-√वृत्, क्त)
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
आस्थितःabiding in/standing in
आस्थितः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootआस्थित (आ-√स्था, क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
धर्मम्dharma; law/duty
धर्मम्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Singular
क्षमीforbearing; patient
क्षमी:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootक्षमी (क्षमा-वत्/क्षमिन्-भावः)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भागवतःdivine; of the Lord
भागवतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootभागवत
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रभुःLord; master
प्रभुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
निवृत्तिधर्मान्duties of renunciation/withdrawal
निवृत्तिधर्मान्:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootनिवृत्ति-धर्म
FormMasculine, Accusative, Plural
विदधेhe established/ordained
विदधे:
TypeVerb
Root√धा (वि-)
FormPerfect (Liṭ), Third, Singular
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
एवindeed; alone
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
भगवान्the Blessed Lord
भगवान्:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootभगवत्
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
प्रभुःLord; master
प्रभुः:
Karta
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular

शौनक उवाच

Ś
Śaunaka
B
Bhagavān (Nārāyaṇa / the Lord)
P
Prabhu (the Lord)

Educational Q&A

Renunciant dharma (nivṛtti) and the virtue of forbearance (kṣamā) are presented as divinely grounded: the Lord himself abides in renunciation and is the authoritative source who ordains the disciplines of withdrawal from worldly pursuits.

Śaunaka, in a didactic setting, characterizes Bhagavān (understood here as Nārāyaṇa) as both exemplar and legislator of nivṛtti-dharma—linking the ethical ideal of renunciation to the Lord’s own nature and authority.