Shloka 21

अध्याय २८६ — पराशर-उपदेशः

Ethical Restraint, Mortality, and Karma

Devanagari script

एतद्‌ ब्रह्मन्‌ विजानामि महत्‌ कृत्वा तपोडव्ययम्‌ । तेन नारद सम्प्राप्तो न मां शोक: प्रबाधते

Transliteration

etad brahman vijānāmi mahat kṛtvā tapo 'vyayam | tena nārada samprāpto na māṃ śokaḥ prabādhate ||

Translation

“婆罗门啊，此理我以广大而不竭的苦行而得知。故而，纳罗陀啊，即便引发忧悲的因缘出现，哀愁也不能压倒我、扰乱我。”

Word by Word

• एतत्: this (thing)
• एतत्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: एतद्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• ब्रह्मन्: O Brahmin
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• विजानामि: I know/understand
• Type: Verb
• Root: वि-ज्ञा
• Form: Present, First, Singular, Parasmaipada

• महत्: great (a great thing)
• महत्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महत्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• कृत्वा: having done
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Active

• तपः: austerity, penance
• तपः: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तपस्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अव्ययम्: imperishable, undecaying
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अव्यय
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• तेन: by that, thereby
• तेन: Karana
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Neuter, Instrumental, Singular

• नारद: O Narada
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद
• Form: Masculine, Vocative, Singular

• सम्प्राप्तः: attained, obtained
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-प्र-आप्
• Form: Past Passive Participle, Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• न: not
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न

• माम्: me
• माम्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अस्मद्
• Form: Accusative, Singular

• शोकः: grief, sorrow
• शोकः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोक
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• प्रबाधते: afflicts, troubles
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-बाध्
• Form: Present, Third, Singular, Atmanepada

Speaker

समड़ उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True understanding gained through sustained spiritual discipline (tapas) produces inner steadiness: even when grief-causing situations arise, sorrow does not dominate the mind.

What is happening in the narrative?

A speaker addresses a Brahmin and then Nārada, stating that through great, imperishable austerity he has attained a certain knowledge, and as a result he remains unshaken by grief despite circumstances that would normally provoke it.