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Shloka 16

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

आत्मभूतैरतदभूत: सह चैव विनैव च । स विमुक्तः परं श्रेयो नचिरेणाधितिष्ठति

ātmabhūtair atadbhūtaḥ saha caiva vinaiva ca | sa vimuktaḥ paraṃ śreyo na cireṇādhitiṣṭhati ||

Nārada nói: Người nào, tuy sống giữa thân và các căn vốn dường như là “ta”, vẫn không đồng nhất với chúng—ở cùng mà vẫn tách rời—thì thật sự là kẻ giải thoát. Người ấy đã chế ngự các căn, đi giữa các đối tượng mà không chấp trước, và chẳng bao lâu sẽ an trụ trong thiện tối thượng.

आत्मभूतैःby/with those that have become (as if) the self
आत्मभूतैः:
Karana
TypeNoun/Adjective
Rootआत्मभूत (आत्मन् + भूत)
FormMasculine/Neuter, Instrumental, Plural
अतद्भूतःnot become that (i.e., not identified with them)
अतद्भूतः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootअतद्भूत (अ + तद् + भूत)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
सहtogether with
सह:
Adhikarana
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
विनाwithout/apart from
विना:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootविना
एवindeed/just
एव:
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव
and
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
सःhe
सः:
Karta
TypePronoun
Rootतद् (स)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
विमुक्तःliberated/freed
विमुक्तः:
Karta
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + मुच् (क्त)
FormMasculine, Nominative, Singular
परम्supreme/highest
परम्:
Karma
TypeAdjective
Rootपर
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
श्रेयःthe highest good
श्रेयः:
Karma
TypeNoun
Rootश्रेयस्
FormNeuter, Accusative, Singular
not
:
TypeIndeclinable
Root
चिरेणafter a long time/with delay
चिरेण:
Adhikarana
TypeNoun (adverbial use)
Rootचिर
FormNeuter, Instrumental, Singular
अधितिष्ठतिattains/stands upon (reaches, abides in)
अधितिष्ठति:
TypeVerb
Rootअधि + स्था
FormPresent (Lat), 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

नारद उवाच

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Nārada

Educational Q&A

Liberation arises from non-identification: even while the body and senses function, one should not take them to be the self. With controlled senses and non-attachment to objects, one quickly attains the highest good.

In Śānti Parva’s instruction on peace and liberation, Nārada describes the mark of a liberated person: living amid embodied life yet remaining inwardly separate from the body-sense complex, and thus swiftly reaching supreme welfare.