Shloka 31

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

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

Devanagari script

रोगोंसे पीड़ित हुए मनुष्य वैद्योंको बहुत-सा धन देते हैं और वैद्यलोग रोग दूर करनेकी बहुत चेष्टा करते हैं, तो भी उन रोगियोंकी पीड़ा दूर नहीं कर पाते हैं ।। ते चातिनिपुणा वैद्या: कुशला: सम्भूतौषधा: । व्याधिभि: परिकृष्यन्ते मृगा व्याधैरिवार्दिता:,बहुत-सी ओषधियोंका संग्रह करनेवाले चिकित्सामें कुशल चतुर वैद्य भी व्याधोंके मारे हुए मृगोंकी भाँति रोगोंके शिकार हो जाते हैं

Transliteration

te cātinipuṇā vaidyāḥ kuśalāḥ sambhṛtauṣadhāḥ | vyādhibhiḥ parikṛṣyante mṛgā vyādhair ivārditāḥ ||

Translation

نہایت ماہر، علاج میں چابک دست اور بہت سی دواؤں سے آراستہ طبیب بھی بیماریوں کے ہاتھوں یوں گھسیٹ لیے جاتے ہیں جیسے شکاریوں کے وار سے زخمی ہرن۔

Word by Word

तेthey (those)

चand

अति-निपुणाःvery skillful

वैद्याःphysicians

कुशलाःcompetent, expert

सम्भूत-औषधाःhaving procured/collected medicines

व्याधिभिःby diseases

परिकृष्यन्तेare dragged down/afflicted

मृगाःdeer

व्याधैःby hunters

इवlike, as

अर्दिताःstruck, tormented

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

Nārada

vaidyāḥ (physicians)

vyādhi (disease)

mṛga (deer)

vyādha (hunter)

auṣadhi (medicines)

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?

Even the most competent and well-equipped experts cannot fully master fate and suffering; therefore one should avoid pride in worldly skill and cultivate humility, dharmic living, and inner steadiness amid illness and adversity.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada illustrates a moral point with a vivid simile: physicians, despite their expertise and stores of medicines, can themselves be overwhelmed by disease—just as deer, despite their natural agility, are felled by hunters.