Shloka 35
Nārāyaṇasya Guhya-nāmāni Niruktāni (Etymologies of Nārāyaṇa’s Secret Epithets) / नारायणस्य गुह्यनामानि निरुक्तानि
जहाँ ठहरनेके लिये कोई स्थान नहीं, कोई सहारा देनेवाला नहीं, राहखर्च नहीं तथा अपने देशका कोई साथी अथवा राह बतानेवाला नहीं है, जो अन्धकारसे व्याप्त और दुर्गम है, उस मार्गपर तुम अकेले कैसे चल सकोगे? ।।
yatra sthātum na kaścid deśo nāsti, na kaścit āśrayo 'sti, na pathi vyayo 'sti, na ca svadeśīyaḥ kaścit sahāyo mārga-darśakaś ca; yaś ca mārgo 'ndhakāra-vyāptaḥ durgamaś ca, taṃ mārgaṃ tvam ekaḥ kathaṃ gantuṃ śakṣyasi? na hi tvāṃ prasthitaṃ kaścit pṛṣṭhato 'nugamiṣyati; sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ ca tvāṃ yāsyantam anuyāsyati.
那罗陀说道：“当你无处歇息，无人扶持，路上无资粮，又无同乡为伴、无人指引——而那道路幽暗艰险——你怎能独自前行？因为当你踏上通往来世之路时，没有任何人会跟随在你身后。唯有你自身的业——福德与罪过——会在你行进时随你而去。”
नारद उवाच
Educational Q&A
At death one goes alone; social ties and worldly supports cannot accompany a person. Only one’s own karma—merit (sukṛta) and sin (duṣkṛta)—follows and shapes the post-mortem journey, urging ethical living and responsibility.
Nārada admonishes the listener by portraying the afterlife journey as a dark, difficult road without rest, provisions, or companions. He stresses that no relative or friend can follow; only the traveler’s deeds accompany them.