Shloka 36

नारायणीयमाख्यानम् (Nārāyaṇīyam Ākhyānam) — Nārada’s Return and Hymnic Consolidation

Devanagari script

स गतिं परमां प्राप्तो दुष्प्रपामजितेन्द्रियै: । देवतैरपि विप्रर्षे तं त्वं किमनुशोचसि

Transliteration

sa gatiṁ paramāṁ prāpto duṣprapām ajitendriyaiḥ | devatāir api viprarṣe taṁ tvaṁ kim anuśocasi ||

Translation

毗湿摩说道：“婆罗门中之最啊，他已得至上归趣（paramā gati）——此境界即便对未能制伏诸根者、乃至对诸天也难以企及。既如此，你为何还为他悲恸？”

Word by Word

• सः: he
• सः: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• गतिम्: state/goal, course (of destiny)
• गतिम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• परमाम्: supreme, highest
• परमाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्राप्तः: having attained
• प्राप्तः: Karta
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-आप् (धातु) → प्राप्त (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• दुष्प्रपाम्: hard to attain
• दुष्प्रपाम्: Karma
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुष् + प्राप्य (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्ताधारित) → दुष्प्रपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• अजितेन्द्रियैः: by those whose senses are unconquered (uncontrolled men)
• अजितेन्द्रियैः: Karana
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अजितेन्द्रिय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, तृतीया, बहुवचन

• देवतैः: by the gods
• देवतैः: Karana
• Type: Noun
• Root: देवता (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्री, तृतीया, बहुवचन

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

• विप्रर्षे: O brahmin-sage
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्रर्षि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• तम्: him
• तम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• त्वम्: you
• त्वम्: Karta
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• किम्: why? for what reason?
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• अनुशोचसि: do you grieve (for)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु-शुच् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (वर्तमान), मध्यम, एकवचन

Speaker

भीष्म उवाच

Characters & Entities

• Bhishma
• viprarṣi (a Brahmin sage, addressee)
• devatāḥ (the gods)

Educational Q&A

What is the core teaching?

Grief is misplaced when the departed has attained a supreme spiritual destination; the verse redirects emotion toward discernment, emphasizing that self-mastery (conquest of the senses) is rare and that the highest attainment surpasses even divine status.

What is happening in the narrative?

Bhishma addresses a Brahmin sage who is lamenting someone’s death. He counters the lament by asserting that the person has reached the highest gati—difficult even for the gods—thereby urging the listener to relinquish sorrow.