Shloka 19

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

Devanagari script

स वनेः5ग्नीन्‌ यथान्यायमात्मन्यारोप्य धर्मवित्‌ | निर्दधन्दो वीतरागात्मा ब्रह्माश्रमपदे वसेत्‌

Transliteration

sa vaneḥ agnīn yathānyāyam ātmany āropya dharmavit | nirdahand(o) vītarāgātmā brahmāśramapade vaset |

Translation

阇那迦说道：“其后，知法之人当依经律，将祭火收摄归入自我；既已‘焚尽’世间系缚与对仪轨之依赖，离贪无著，便当住于专事梵（Brahman）观照的出离之期——僧那耶萨（saṃnyāsa）。”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• वने: in the forest
• वने: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• अग्नीन्: the sacred fires
• अग्नीन्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• यथा: as, according to
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा

• न्यायम्: rule, proper procedure
• न्यायम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्याय
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आत्मनि: in oneself
• आत्मनि: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Locative, Singular

• आरोप्य: having placed (superimposed)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-रुह्
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada (usage), having superimposed/placed

• धर्मवित्: knower of dharma
• धर्मवित्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: धर्मविद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निर्दहन्: burning up (consuming)
• निर्दहन्: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: निर्-दह्
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ), Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• दोषान्: faults, defects
• दोषान्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: दोष
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Plural

• वीतरागात्मा: one whose self is free from attachment
• वीतरागात्मा: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वीतरागात्मन्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• ब्रह्माश्रमपदे: in the state/position of the Brahma-āśrama (renunciate stage)
• ब्रह्माश्रमपदे: Adhikarana
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्माश्रमपद
• Form: Neuter, Locative, Singular

• वसेत्: should dwell/live
• Type: Verb
• Root: वस्
• Form: Vidhi-ling (Optative), Present-system, 3rd, Singular, Parasmaipada

Speaker

जनक उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Janaka
• agnis (sacred fires)
• ātman (Self)
• Brahman
• brahmāśrama (saṃnyāsa-āśrama)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

The verse teaches the dharmic transition from external ritual maintenance (the sacred fires) to inner realization: one should, in a rule-governed way, internalize the fires into the Self and live as a detached renunciant devoted to Brahman-contemplation.

What is happening in the narrative?

Janaka is describing the proper conduct of a dharma-knower who is ready for renunciation: after duly concluding the fire-based Vedic obligations by ‘placing the fires in the Self,’ he becomes free from attachment and enters the Brahman-oriented renunciant mode of life.