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Shloka 36

Nārada’s Darśana of Viśvarūpa Nārāyaṇa and the Caturmūrti Doctrine (नारदस्य नारायणदर्शनं चतुर्मूर्तिविचारश्च)

यदा श्राव्ये च दृश्ये च सर्वभूतेषु चाप्पययम्‌ । समो भवति निर्दन्द्धो ब्रह्म सम्पद्यते तदा

yadā śrāvye ca dṛśye ca sarvabhūteṣu cāpy ayam | samo bhavati nirdvandvo brahma sampadyate tadā ||

Khi người cầu đạo trở nên bình đẳng trước điều nghe và điều thấy, và đối với mọi loài hữu tình nữa—thoát khỏi các cặp đối đãi như vui và khổ—thì người ấy đạt đến cảnh giới Phạm (Brahman).

यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा
श्राव्येin what is to be heard / audible (objects)
श्राव्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootश्राव्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
दृश्येin what is to be seen / visible (objects)
दृश्ये:
Adhikarana
TypeAdjective
Rootदृश्य
FormNeuter, Locative, Singular
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सर्वभूतेषुin all beings
सर्वभूतेषु:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun
Rootसर्वभूत
FormNeuter, Locative, Plural
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
अप्ययम्and this (person) also
अप्ययम्:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि + अयम्
समःequal, even-minded
समः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootसम
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
भवतिbecomes
भवति:
TypeVerb
Rootभू
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Parasmaipada
निर्द्वन्द्वःfree from pairs of opposites
निर्द्वन्द्वः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootनिर्द्वन्द्व
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
ब्रह्मBrahman
ब्रह्म:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootब्रह्मन्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
सम्पद्यतेattains, comes to
सम्पद्यते:
TypeVerb
Rootसम् + पद्
FormPresent, Third, Singular, Atmanepada
तदाthen
तदा:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतदा

जनक उवाच

J
Janaka
B
Brahman
A
all beings (sarvabhūta)

Educational Q&A

Liberation (attaining Brahman) arises when one becomes even-minded toward sensory experience (what is heard and seen) and toward all beings, remaining free from dualities like pleasure and pain.

King Janaka is instructing on the marks of realization: the seeker’s mind becomes impartial and undisturbed by opposites, and this inner state culminates in Brahman-realization.