Shloka 58

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

Devanagari script

स त्वं निवृत्तबन्धस्तु निवृत्तश्नापि कर्मत:

Transliteration

sa tvaṃ nivṛttabandhas tu nivṛttaś cāpi karmataḥ

Translation

那罗陀说：你既已退离世间系缚，又已背离那作为束缚之求的行动，如今便超脱了通常驱迫世人的诸般纠缠。其伦理旨趣在于内在的出离：松解对关系的执著，以及对为私欲而作之业的执著。

Word by Word

• सः: he/that (one)
• सः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: युष्मद्
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• निवृत्तबन्धः: one whose bondage has ceased / freed from bonds
• निवृत्तबन्धः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवृत्तबन्ध
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• तु: but/indeed
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु

• निवृत्तश्नः: one who has ceased eating (abstinent)
• निवृत्तश्नः: Karta
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निवृत्तश्न
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• अपि: also/even
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि

• कर्मतः: from action; with respect to action
• कर्मतः: Apadana
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Ablative, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

True freedom is marked by nivṛtti: the cessation of binding attachments (bandha) and the turning away from karma pursued for self-interest. The verse points to inner detachment as the ethical foundation for liberation-oriented life.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada addresses the listener directly, characterizing them as one who has already withdrawn from bonds and from action as a binding enterprise, setting up further instruction on the path of renunciation and liberation.