Shloka 13

नरनारायण-नारदसंवादः

Nara-Nārāyaṇa–Nārada Discourse on Vision, Elements, and Entry into Vāsudeva

Devanagari script

अचेष्टमानमासीनं श्री: कज्चिदुपतिष्ठते । वश्चित्‌ कर्मानुसृत्यान्यो न प्राप्पमधिगच्छति

Transliteration

aceṣṭamānam āsīnaṁ śrīḥ kaścid upatiṣṭhate | vaścit karmānusṛtyānyo na prāpyam adhigacchati ||

Translation

那罗陀说道：有时，吉祥与富饶之神室利（Śrī）竟会来到那无所作为、静坐不动的人身旁；而另一些人纵然循着行动之道竭力奋发，却仍得不到本应可得之物。此中教诲在于：世间果报并不总与可见的努力一一相称；故当行其正道，得意不自矜，失意不自绝。

Word by Word

• अचेष्टमानम्: one who is not making effort
• अचेष्टमानम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अचेष्टमान (चेष्ट् धातु से वर्तमान कृदन्त, नकारार्थक अ-)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• आसीनम्: sitting
• आसीनम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आसीन (आस् धातु से भूतकृदन्त)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• श्रीः: fortune; Lakshmi
• श्रीः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री
• Form: Feminine, Nominative, Singular

• कञ्चित्: someone
• कञ्चित्: Karma
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative, Singular

• उपतिष्ठते: approaches; attends upon
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्था (उप-√स्था)
• Form: Present, Indicative, Atmanepada, Third, Singular

• वा: or
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा

• कश्चित्: someone
• कश्चित्: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: क (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

• कर्म: work; action
• कर्म: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन्
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अनुसृत्य: having pursued; having followed
• Type: Verb
• Root: सृ (अनु-√सृ)
• Form: Absolutive (Gerund), Parasmaipada/Atmanepada-neutral

• अन्यः: another (person)
• अन्यः: Karta
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: अन्य
• Form: Masculine, Nominative, Singular

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

• प्राप्यम्: what is to be obtained; attainable object
• प्राप्यम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्राप्य (√आप्/√आप् with प्र-; ‘to be obtained’)
• Form: Neuter, Accusative, Singular

• अधिगच्छति: attains; obtains
• Type: Verb
• Root: गम् (अधि-√गम्)
• Form: Present, Indicative, Parasmaipada, Third, Singular

Speaker

नारद उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Nārada
• Śrī (Lakṣmī/Prosperity)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Results in the world are not perfectly proportional to visible effort; therefore one should adhere to dharma and right action without pride when fortune comes easily and without discouragement when effort does not yield the expected gain.

What is happening in the narrative?

Nārada states an observation about human experience: some people receive prosperity even while inactive, whereas others strive through work yet do not obtain the expected, attainable result—highlighting the complex interplay of effort, circumstance, and unseen factors.