Shloka 51

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

Devanagari script

परावरदृश: शक्तिर्ज्ञनमूला न नश्यति । पश्यत: सर्वभूतानि सर्वावस्थासु सर्वदा

Transliteration

parāvaradṛśaḥ śaktir jñānamūlā na naśyati | paśyataḥ sarvabhūtāni sarvāvasthāsu sarvadā ||

Translation

พลังแห่งวิจารณญาณที่เห็นทั้งสูงและต่ำ อันมีญาณเป็นราก ย่อมไม่เสื่อมสูญ ผู้เห็นตามจริงย่อมเห็นสรรพสัตว์ทั้งปวงได้เสมอ ในทุกอาการและทุกภาวะ

Word by Word

परावरदृशःone who sees the higher and the lower (all extremes)

शक्तिःpower, capacity

ज्ञानमूलाrooted in knowledge

नnot

नश्यतिperishes

पश्यतःof (one) seeing; while (one) sees

सर्वभूतानिall beings

सर्वावस्थासुin all states/conditions

सर्वदाalways

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

Character Dynamics

Dharma Sankata (Moral Dilemma)

Verse Rasa (Emotional Essence)

Philosophical Teaching

Political Layer

Meter (Chandas)

Sandhi Notes

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True discernment (the ability to distinguish higher from lower, enduring from transient) is a spiritual power rooted in knowledge, and it is imperishable. Such vision is stable across changing circumstances and does not collapse with external loss or inner fluctuation.

What is happening in the narrative?

In the Shanti Parva’s instruction-oriented setting, Nārada speaks as a teacher, emphasizing the nature of enduring wisdom: the knower’s vision remains constant and comprehensive, perceiving beings through all conditions rather than being misled by temporary states.