Shloka 10
अध्याय ३३१: नारायणकथा-प्रशंसा तथा नारदस्य श्वेतद्वीप-निवृत्ति एवं बदरी-आगमनम् | Chapter 331: Praise of the Nārāyaṇa Narrative; Nārada’s Return from Śvetadvīpa and Arrival at Badarī
नाश्रु कुर्वन्ति ये बुद्धया दृष्टवा लोकेषु संततिम् सम्यक् प्रपश्यत: सर्वे नाश्रुकर्मोपपद्यते
nāśru kurvanti ye buddhyā dṛṣṭvā lokeṣu santatim | samyak prapaśyataḥ sarve nāśrukarmopapadyate ||
Wika ni Nārada: Yaong may malinaw na pag-unawa at hindi nagbubuhos ng luha kahit masaksihan sa mundong ito ang pagkamatay ng sariling anak—sila lamang ang tunay na matatag. Sapagkat kapag tinitingnan nang wasto at ganap ang lahat ng bagay, ang pag-iyak ay hindi na waring angkop na tugon.
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
True steadiness (dhairya) arises from clear discernment: when one understands the universal condition of impermanence, even the death of one’s own children is seen within a larger truth, and uncontrolled weeping is viewed as not truly appropriate.
Nārada is instructing his listener in the Shānti Parva’s ethical-philosophical mode, presenting a counsel on grief: the wise, seeing the nature of worldly existence correctly, do not collapse into lamentation even in the face of personal loss.