Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga — Chapter 61
NarP 1 61.1
सनत्कुमार उवाच अशोकं शोकनाशार्थं शास्त्रं शान्तिकरं शिवम् । निशम्य लभ्यते बुद्धिर्लब्धायां सुखमेधते
sanatkumāra uvāca aśokaṃ śokanāśārthaṃ śāstraṃ śāntikaraṃ śivam / niśamya labhyate buddhirlabdhāyāṃ sukhamedhate
Sanatkumāra said: When the sorrowless teaching, which serves to destroy sorrow, which brings peace and is auspicious, has been heard, insight is gained; and when it is gained, happiness grows.
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NarP 1 61.2
हर्षस्थानसहस्राणि शोकस्थानशतानि च । दिवसे दिवसे मूढमाविशन्ति न पण्डितम्
harṣasthānasahasrāṇi śokasthānaśatāni ca / divase divase mūḍhamāviśanti na paṇḍitam
Thousands of occasions for joy and hundreds of occasions for grief enter the fool day after day, but not the wise man.
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NarP 1 61.3
अनिष्टसंप्रंयोगाश्च विप्रयोगात्प्रियस्य च । मनुष्या मानसैर्दुःखैर्युज्यन्ते ये ऽल्पबुद्धयः
aniṣṭasaṃpraṃyogāśca viprayogātpriyasya ca / manuṣyā mānasairduḥkhairyujyante ye 'lpabuddhayaḥ
And from union with what is undesired and from separation from what is dear, those men who are of small understanding are yoked to mental sorrows.
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NarP 1 61.4
द्रव्येषु समतीतेषु ये गुणास्तेन्न चिन्दयेत् । ताननाद्रियमाणश्च स्नेहबन्धाद्विमुच्यते
dravyeṣu samatīteṣu ye guṇāstenna cindayet / tānanādriyamāṇaśca snehabandhādvimucyate
One should not brood upon the qualities that belonged to things that are wholly past; and one who pays them no regard is freed from the bond of attachment.
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NarP 1 61.5
दोषदर्शी भवेत्तत्र यत्र रागः प्रवर्त्तते । अनिष्टबुद्धितां यच्छेत्ततः क्षिप्रं विराजते
doṣadarśī bhavettatra yatra rāgaḥ pravarttate / aniṣṭabuddhitāṃ yacchettataḥ kṣipraṃ virājate
One should become a seer of faults there where passion arises; one should apply to it the notion of it being undesirable — from that one shines forth quickly.
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NarP 1 61.6
नार्थो न धर्मो न यशो यो ऽतीतमनुशोचति । अस्याभावेन युज्येतं तञ्चास्य तु निवर्तते
nārtho na dharmo na yaśo yo 'tītamanuśocati / asyābhāvena yujyetaṃ tañcāsya tu nivartate
He who mourns after what is past (gains) neither wealth nor merit nor fame; and by the nonexistence of this (object) he would be joined (to grief), while it, being his, ceases.
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NarP 1 61.7
गुणैर्भूतानि युज्यन्ते तथैव च न युज्यते । सर्वाणि नैतदेकस्य शोकस्थानं हि विद्यते
guṇairbhūtāni yujyante tathaiva ca na yujyate / sarvāṇi naitadekasya śokasthānaṃ hi vidyate
Beings are joined with (good) qualities and likewise are not joined (with them); not all these belong to one person — for that (very fact) is known to be a ground of grief.
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NarP 1 61.8
मृतं वा यदि वा नष्टं यो ऽतीतमनुशोचति । दुःखेन लभते दुःखं महानर्थे प्रपद्यते
mṛtaṃ vā yadi vā naṣṭaṃ yo 'tītamanuśocati / duḥkhena labhate duḥkhaṃ mahānarthe prapadyate
He who mourns after what is past, whether dead or lost, gets sorrow by sorrow and falls into a great calamity.
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NarP 1 61.9
दुःखोपघाते शारीरे मानसे चाप्युपस्थिते । यस्मिन्न शक्यते कर्तुं यत्नस्तन्नानुर्चितयेत्
duḥkhopaghāte śārīre mānase cāpyupasthite / yasminna śakyate kartuṃ yatnastannānurcitayet
When an affliction of sorrow, bodily or mental, has come upon one, one should not dwell upon that with regard to which no effort can be made.
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NarP 1 61.10
भैषज्यमेतद्दःखस्य यदेतन्नानुचिन्तयेत् । चिन्त्यमानं हि न व्येति भूयश्चाभिप्रवर्द्धते
bhaiṣajyametaddaḥkhasya yadetannānucintayet / cintyamānaṃ hi na vyeti bhūyaścābhipravarddhate
This is the medicine for sorrow: that one should not dwell upon it; for when brooded on it does not pass away, but grows all the more.
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NarP 1 61.11
प्रज्ञया मानसं दुःखं हन्याच्छारीरमौषधैः । एतद्विज्ञाय सामर्थ्यं न वान्यैः समतामियात्
prajñayā mānasaṃ duḥkhaṃ hanyācchārīramauṣadhaiḥ / etadvijñāya sāmarthyaṃ na vānyaiḥ samatāmiyāt
One should destroy mental pain by wisdom, bodily pain by medicines; knowing this efficacy, one should not act like others (who lack it).
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NarP 1 61.12
अनित्यं जीवितं रूपं यौवनं द्रव्यसञ्चयः । आरोग्यं प्रियसंवासं न मृध्येत्पण्डितः क्वचित्
anityaṃ jīvitaṃ rūpaṃ yauvanaṃ dravyasañcayaḥ / ārogyaṃ priyasaṃvāsaṃ na mṛdhyetpaṇḍitaḥ kvacit
Life, beauty, youth, an accumulation of goods, health, dwelling with those one loves — (all are) impermanent; a wise man should never be deluded (about them).
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NarP 1 61.13
नाज्ञानप्रभवं दुःखमेकं शोचितुमर्हति । अशोचन्प्रतिकुर्वीत यदि पश्येदुपक्रमम्
nājñānaprabhavaṃ duḥkhamekaṃ śocitumarhati / aśocanpratikurvīta yadi paśyedupakramam
A single sorrow that arises from ignorance is not fit to be grieved over; without grieving one should counter it, if one sees a means of attack.
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NarP 1 61.14
सुखात्प्रियतरं दुःखं जीविते नात्र संशयः । जरामरणदुःखेभ्यः प्रियमात्मानमुद्धरेत्
sukhātpriyataraṃ duḥkhaṃ jīvite nātra saṃśayaḥ / jarāmaraṇaduḥkhebhyaḥ priyamātmānamuddharet
In life sorrow is more habitual than pleasure — there is no doubt of this; one should rescue one's dear self from the sorrows of old age and death.
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NarP 1 61.15
भजन्ति हि शारीराणि रोगाः शरीरमानसाः । सायका इव तीक्ष्णाग्राः प्रयुक्ता दृढधन्विभिः
bhajanti hi śārīrāṇi rogāḥ śarīramānasāḥ / sāyakā iva tīkṣṇāgrāḥ prayuktā dṛḍhadhanvibhiḥ
For diseases, both bodily and mental, resort to bodies like sharp-pointed arrows shot by strong bowmen.
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NarP 1 61.16
व्याधितस्य चिकित्साभिस्त्रस्यतो जीवितैषिणः । आमयस्य विनाशाय शरीरमनुकृष्यते
vyādhitasya cikitsābhistrasyato jīvitaiṣiṇaḥ / āmayasya vināśāya śarīramanukṛṣyate
The body of a sick man who is afraid and desires to live is dragged along by treatments, for the destruction of the ailment.
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NarP 1 61.17
स्रंसंति न निवर्तन्ते स्रोतांसि सरितामिव । आयुरादाय मर्त्यानां रात्र्यहानि पुनःपुनः
sraṃsaṃti na nivartante srotāṃsi saritāmiva / āyurādāya martyānāṃ rātryahāni punaḥpunaḥ
Nights and days slip away again and again and do not return, like the currents of rivers, carrying off the lifespan of mortals.
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NarP 1 61.18
अपयन्त्ययमत्यन्तं पक्षयोः शुक्लकृष्णयोः । जातं मर्त्यं जरयति निमिषं नावतिष्टते
apayantyayamatyantaṃ pakṣayoḥ śuklakṛṣṇayoḥ / jātaṃ martyaṃ jarayati nimiṣaṃ nāvatiṣṭate
They pass away utterly in the bright and dark fortnights; (time) ages the mortal who has been born, and does not stand still for a moment.
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NarP 1 61.19
सुखदुःखाभिभूतानामजरो जरयत्यसून् । आदित्यो ह्यस्तमभ्येति पुनः पुनरुदेति च
sukhaduḥkhābhibhūtānāmajaro jarayatyasūn / ādityo hyastamabhyeti punaḥ punarudeti ca
The unaging one ages the lives of those overcome by pleasure and pain; for the sun goes to its setting and rises again and again.
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NarP 1 61.20
अदृष्टपूर्वानादाय भावानपरिशङ्कितान् । इष्टानिष्टा मनुष्याणां मतं गच्छन्ति रात्रयः
adṛṣṭapūrvānādāya bhāvānapariśaṅkitān / iṣṭāniṣṭā manuṣyāṇāṃ mataṃ gacchanti rātrayaḥ
Bringing states never seen before and unsuspected, the nights, desired and undesired, come to men's reckoning.
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NarP 1 61.21
यो यदिच्छेद्यथाकामं कामानां तत्तदाप्नुयात् । यदि स्यान्न पराधीनं पुरुषस्य क्रियाफलम्
yo yadicchedyathākāmaṃ kāmānāṃ tattadāpnuyāt / yadi syānna parādhīnaṃ puruṣasya kriyāphalam
Whoever wished for whatever he liked among objects of desire would obtain just that, if the fruit of a man's action were not dependent on another.
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NarP 1 61.22
संयताश्चैव तक्षाश्च मतिमन्तश्च मानवाः । दृश्यन्ते निष्फलाः संतः प्रहीनाश्च स्वकर्मभिः
saṃyatāścaiva takṣāśca matimantaśca mānavāḥ / dṛśyante niṣphalāḥ saṃtaḥ prahīnāśca svakarmabhiḥ
Self-restrained men, and skilled craftsmen, and intelligent men are seen to be fruitless, though good, and fallen away from their own works.
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NarP 1 61.23
अपरे निष्फलाः सन्तो निर्गुणाः पुरुषाधमाः । आशाभिरण्यसंयुक्ता दृश्यन्ते सर्वकामिनः
apare niṣphalāḥ santo nirguṇāḥ puruṣādhamāḥ / āśābhiraṇyasaṃyuktā dṛśyante sarvakāminaḥ
Others, base among men, without merit, being fruitless, are seen bound by hopes and wealth, all of them full of desires.
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NarP 1 61.24
भूतानामपरः कश्चिद्धिंसायां सततोत्थितः । वञ्चनायां च लोकेषु ससुखेष्वेव जीयते
bhūtānāmaparaḥ kaściddhiṃsāyāṃ satatotthitaḥ / vañcanāyāṃ ca lokeṣu sasukheṣveva jīyate
Yet another man, ever intent on injuring living beings and on deceit, prevails in the world among those who live in comfort.
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NarP 1 61.25
अचेष्टमानमासीनं श्रीः कञ्चिदुपतिष्टति । कश्चित्कर्माणि कुरुते न प्राप्यमधिगच्छति
aceṣṭamānamāsīnaṃ śrīḥ kañcidupatiṣṭati / kaścitkarmāṇi kurute na prāpyamadhigacchati
Fortune attends upon one who sits doing nothing; another performs works and does not obtain what should be attained.
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NarP 1 61.26
अपराधान्समाच्ष्टुं पुरुषस्य स्वभावतः । शुक्रमन्यत्र संभूतं पुनरन्यत्र गच्छति
aparādhānsamācṣṭuṃ puruṣasya svabhāvataḥ / śukramanyatra saṃbhūtaṃ punaranyatra gacchati
(One may) recount the faults of a man arising from his own nature: the seed, produced in one place, goes again to another place.
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NarP 1 61.27
तस्य योनौ प्रसक्तस्य गर्भो भवति मानवः । आम्रपुष्पोपमा यस्य निवृत्तिरुपलभ्यते
tasya yonau prasaktasya garbho bhavati mānavaḥ / āmrapuṣpopamā yasya nivṛttirupalabhyate
When it has settled in the womb of that (woman), the embryo becomes a human being — whose ceasing (from life) is found to be like the blossom of the mango (which falls without fruiting).
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NarP 1 61.28
केषाञ्चित्पुत्रकामानामनुसन्तानमिच्छताम् । सिद्धौ प्रयतमानानां नैवाण्डमुपजायते
keṣāñcitputrakāmānāmanusantānamicchatām / siddhau prayatamānānāṃ naivāṇḍamupajāyate
For some who desire sons, who wish for offspring, who strive for success (in this), no germ at all comes into being.
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NarP 1 61.29
गर्भादुद्विजमानानां क्रुद्धादशीविषादिव । आयुष्मान् जायते पुत्रः कथं प्रेतः पितेव सः
garbhādudvijamānānāṃ kruddhādaśīviṣādiva / āyuṣmān jāyate putraḥ kathaṃ pretaḥ piteva saḥ
For others, who shrink from the embryo as from an enraged venomous snake, a long-lived son is born; how is he, (though) dead, like a father?
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NarP 1 61.30
देवानिष्ट्वा तपस्तप्त्वा कृपणैः पुत्रहेतुभिः । दशमासान्परिधृता जायते कुलपांसनाः
devāniṣṭvā tapastaptvā kṛpaṇaiḥ putrahetubhiḥ / daśamāsānparidhṛtā jāyate kulapāṃsanāḥ
Having sacrificed to the gods, having practised austerity, with wretched (rites) that are means to a son, (children) carried for ten months are born as defilers of the family.
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NarP 1 61.31
अपरे धनधान्यानि भोगांश्च पितृसंचितान् । विमलानभिजायन्ते लब्ध्वा तैरेव मङ्गलैः
apare dhanadhānyāni bhogāṃśca pitṛsaṃcitān / vimalānabhijāyante labdhvā taireva maṅgalaiḥ
Others are born spotless, and having obtained wealth, grain and enjoyments accumulated by their fathers, (they live) by those very auspicious things.
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NarP 1 61.32
अन्योन्य समभिप्रेत्य मैथुनस्य समागमे । उपद्रवैवादृष्टो योनौ गर्भः प्रपद्यते
anyonya samabhipretya maithunasya samāgame / upadravaivādṛṣṭo yonau garbhaḥ prapadyate
When two who desire each other come together in intercourse, the embryo, unseen as it happens, takes hold in the womb.
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NarP 1 61.33
स्निग्धत्वादिन्द्रियार्थेषु मोहान्मरणमप्रियम् । परित्यजति यो दुःखं सुखमप्युभयं नरः
snigdhatvādindriyārtheṣu mohānmaraṇamapriyam / parityajati yo duḥkhaṃ sukhamapyubhayaṃ naraḥ
The man who, on account of attachment to the objects of the senses and delusion (which makes) death unwelcome, abandons both pain and pleasure —
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NarP 1 61.34
अत्येति ब्रह्म सो ऽत्यन्तं सुखमप्यश्नुते परम् । दुःखमर्था हि त्यज्यन्ते पालने च न ते सुखाः
atyeti brahma so 'tyantaṃ sukhamapyaśnute param / duḥkhamarthā hi tyajyante pālane ca na te sukhāḥ
he passes utterly beyond, he attains brahman and the highest happiness; for possessions are abandoned with pain, and they give no pleasure in the keeping.
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NarP 1 61.35
श्रुत्वैव नाधिगमनं नाशमेषां न चिन्तयेत् । अन्यामन्यां धनावस्थां प्राप्य वैशेषिका नराः
śrutvaiva nādhigamanaṃ nāśameṣāṃ na cintayet / anyāmanyāṃ dhanāvasthāṃ prāpya vaiśeṣikā narāḥ
Merely from hearing (of it) there is no attainment; one should not brood over the loss of these (possessions). Men of distinction, reaching one condition of wealth after another,
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NarP 1 61.36
अतृप्ता यान्ति विध्वंसं सन्तोषं यान्ति पण्डिताः । सर्वे क्षयान्ता निचयाः पतनान्ताः समुच्छ्रयाः
atṛptā yānti vidhvaṃsaṃ santoṣaṃ yānti paṇḍitāḥ / sarve kṣayāntā nicayāḥ patanāntāḥ samucchrayāḥ
unsatisfied, go to destruction; the wise attain contentment. All hoards end in exhaustion, all risings end in a fall.
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NarP 1 61.37
संयोगा विप्रयोगान्ता मरणान्तं हि जीवितम् । अन्तो नास्ति पिपासायास्तुष्टिस्तु परमं सुखम्
saṃyogā viprayogāntā maraṇāntaṃ hi jīvitam / anto nāsti pipāsāyāstuṣṭistu paramaṃ sukham
Unions end in separation, and life ends in death. There is no end to thirst; contentment, however, is the highest happiness.
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NarP 1 61.38
तस्मात्संतोषमेवेह धनं शंसन्ति पण्डिताः । निमेषमात्रमपि हि यो ऽधिगच्छन्न तिष्टति
tasmātsaṃtoṣameveha dhanaṃ śaṃsanti paṇḍitāḥ / nimeṣamātramapi hi yo 'dhigacchanna tiṣṭati
Therefore the wise here declare contentment itself to be wealth. For he who, even for the space of an eye-blink, in acquiring does not stop —
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NarP 1 61.39
सशरीरेष्वनित्येषु नित्यं किमनुचिन्तयेत् । भूतेषु भावं संचिन्त्य ये बुद्ध्या तमसः परम्
saśarīreṣvanityeṣu nityaṃ kimanucintayet / bhūteṣu bhāvaṃ saṃcintya ye buddhyā tamasaḥ param
Among embodied and impermanent things, what could one contemplate as permanent? Having reflected on the (true) nature of beings, those who by understanding (see) what is beyond darkness
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NarP 1 61.40
न शोचन्ति गताध्वानः पश्यन्ति परमां गतिम् । संचिन्वन्नेकमेवैनं कामानावितृप्तकम्
na śocanti gatādhvānaḥ paśyanti paramāṃ gatim / saṃcinvannekamevainaṃ kāmānāvitṛptakam
do not grieve; their journey done, they behold the highest goal. But this one, gathering (wealth) alone and unsated in his desires —
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 61.41
व्याघ्र पशुमिवासाद्य मृत्युरादाय गच्छति । अथाप्युपायं संपश्येद्दुःखस्यास्य विमोक्षणे
vyāghra paśumivāsādya mṛtyurādāya gacchati / athāpyupāyaṃ saṃpaśyedduḥkhasyāsya vimokṣaṇe
death seizes him and departs, as a tiger takes an animal. So one should look for a means to release from this suffering.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 61.42
अशोचन्नारभेन्नैव युक्तश्चाव्यसनी भवेत् । शब्दे स्पर्शे रसे रूपे गन्धे च परमं तथा
aśocannārabhennaiva yuktaścāvyasanī bhavet / śabde sparśe rase rūpe gandhe ca paramaṃ tathā
Not grieving, he should not undertake (anything) at all; he should be disciplined and free of addictions. And so, in sound, in touch, in taste, in form and in smell, the highest (is this):
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NarP 1 61.43
नोपभोगात्परं किञ्चिद्धनिनो वाधनस्य वा । वाक्संप्रयोगाद्भृतानां नास्ति दुःखमनामयम्
nopabhogātparaṃ kiñciddhanino vādhanasya vā / vāksaṃprayogādbhṛtānāṃ nāsti duḥkhamanāmayam
There is nothing beyond enjoyment, either for the man of wealth or for the man without wealth; for those supported (by another), through the exchange of words there is no suffering that is free of illness.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 61.44
विप्रयोगश्च सर्वस्य न वाचा न च विद्यया । प्रणयं परिसंहृत्य संस्तुतेष्वितरेषु च
viprayogaśca sarvasya na vācā na ca vidyayā / praṇayaṃ parisaṃhṛtya saṃstuteṣvitareṣu ca
And separation from everything (comes) neither by speech nor by learning; having withdrawn affection from acquaintances and from others (as well),
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NarP 1 61.45
विचरेदसमुन्नद्धः स सुखी स च पण्डितः । अध्यात्मगतमालीनो निरपेक्षो निरामिषः
vicaredasamunnaddhaḥ sa sukhī sa ca paṇḍitaḥ / adhyātmagatamālīno nirapekṣo nirāmiṣaḥ
he should wander unpuffed-up: he is happy and he is the learned one. Clinging to what pertains to the self, without expectation, without craving for objects,
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NarP 1 61.46
आत्मनैव सहायेन चश्चरेत्स सुखी भवेत् । सुखदुःखविपर्यासो यदा समुपपद्यते
ātmanaiva sahāyena caścaretsa sukhī bhavet / sukhaduḥkhaviparyāso yadā samupapadyate
he should wander with the self alone as companion; he would be happy. When the reversal of pleasure and pain comes about,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 61.47
नैनं प्रज्ञा सुनियतं त्रायते नापि पौरुषम् । स्वभावाद्यत्नमातिष्ठेद्यत्नवान्नावसीदति
nainaṃ prajñā suniyataṃ trāyate nāpi pauruṣam / svabhāvādyatnamātiṣṭhedyatnavānnāvasīdati
neither wisdom, however well controlled, saves him, nor manly effort. By his own nature he should undertake effort; one who makes effort does not sink down.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 61.48
उपद्रव इवानिष्टो योनिं गर्भः प्रपद्यते । तानि पूर्वशरीराणि नित्यमेकं शरीरिणम्
upadrava ivāniṣṭo yoniṃ garbhaḥ prapadyate / tāni pūrvaśarīrāṇi nityamekaṃ śarīriṇam
Like an unwelcome calamity the embryo enters a womb. Those former bodies (belong) always to one and the same embodied being.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 61.49
प्राणिनां प्राणसंरोधे मांसश्लेष्मविचेष्टितम् । निर्दग्धं परदेहेन परदेंहं बलाबलम्
prāṇināṃ prāṇasaṃrodhe māṃsaśleṣmaviceṣṭitam / nirdagdhaṃ paradehena paradeṃhaṃ balābalam
When the breath of living beings is obstructed, the writhing mass of flesh and phlegm, burnt up by another body, (and) the strength and weakness of another body —
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NarP 1 61.50
विनश्यति विनाशान्ते नावि नावमिवाचलाम् । संगत्या जठरे न्यस्तं रेतोबिन्दुमचेतनम्
vinaśyati vināśānte nāvi nāvamivācalām / saṃgatyā jaṭhare nyastaṃ retobindumacetanam
it perishes at the end of its destruction, like a motionless boat (striking) against a boat. The unconscious drop of semen placed in the belly through union —
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NarP 1 61.51
केन यत्नेन जीवन्तं गर्भं त्वमिह पश्यसि । अन्नपानानि जीर्यन्ते यत्र भक्ष्याश्च भक्षिताः
kena yatnena jīvantaṃ garbhaṃ tvamiha paśyasi / annapānāni jīryante yatra bhakṣyāśca bhakṣitāḥ
by what effort do you here see the embryo living? Where foods and drinks are digested, and the eatables that have been eaten,
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 61.52
तस्मिन्नेवोदरे गर्भः किं नान्नमिव जीर्यति । गर्भे मूत्रपुरीषाणां स्वभावनियता गतिः
tasminnevodare garbhaḥ kiṃ nānnamiva jīryati / garbhe mūtrapurīṣāṇāṃ svabhāvaniyatā gatiḥ
in that very belly, why is the embryo not digested like food? In the womb the passage of urine and faeces is fixed by nature.
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NarP 1 61.53
धारणे वा विसर्गे च न कर्तुं विद्यते ऽवशः । प्रभवन्त्युदरे गर्भा जायमानास्तथापरे
dhāraṇe vā visarge ca na kartuṃ vidyate 'vaśaḥ / prabhavantyudare garbhā jāyamānāstathāpare
Nor, being helpless, is it able to act in the retaining or the releasing (of them). Embryos come into being in the belly, and others likewise are born.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 61.54
आगमेन महान्येषां विनाश उपपद्यते । एतस्माद्योनिसंबन्धाद्यो जीवन्परिमुच्यते
āgamena mahānyeṣāṃ vināśa upapadyate / etasmādyonisaṃbandhādyo jīvanparimucyate
By what comes upon them a great destruction befalls them. He who, from this bondage to the womb, is released while yet living,
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NarP 1 61.55
पूजां न लभते काञ्चित्पुनर्द्धन्द्वेषु मज्जति । गर्भस्य सह जातस्य सप्तमीमीदृशीं दशाम्
pūjāṃ na labhate kāñcitpunarddhandveṣu majjati / garbhasya saha jātasya saptamīmīdṛśīṃ daśām
obtains no honour at all, and again sinks amid the pairs of opposites. Of the embryo, together with what is born with it, such a seventh condition —
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NarP 1 61.56
प्राप्नुवन्ति ततः पञ्च न भवन्ति शतायुषः । नाभ्युत्थाने मनुष्याणां योगाः स्युर्नात्र संशयः
prāpnuvanti tataḥ pañca na bhavanti śatāyuṣaḥ / nābhyutthāne manuṣyāṇāṃ yogāḥ syurnātra saṃśayaḥ
then five attain (it); they do not live a hundred years. There would be no means for the rising up of men — of this there is no doubt.
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NarP 1 61.59
व्याधिभिश्च विवध्यन्ते व्याघ्रैः क्षुद्रमृगा इव । व्याधिभिर्भक्ष्यमाणानां त्यजतां विपुलन्धनम् ॥ नर्प्_१,६१।५७ ॥ वेदना नापकर्षन्ति यतमानाश्चिकित्सकाः ॥ नर्प्_१,६१।५८ ॥ ते चापि विविधा वैद्याः कुशला संमतौषधाः । व्याधिभिः परिकृष्यन्ते मृगा ज्याघ्रैरिवार्दिताः
vyādhibhiśca vivadhyante vyāghraiḥ kṣudramṛgā iva / vyādhibhirbhakṣyamāṇānāṃ tyajatāṃ vipulandhanam // narp_1,61.57 // vedanā nāpakarṣanti yatamānāścikitsakāḥ // narp_1,61.58 // te cāpi vividhā vaidyāḥ kuśalā saṃmatauṣadhāḥ / vyādhibhiḥ parikṛṣyante mṛgā jyāghrairivārditāḥ
And they are struck down by diseases, as small deer by tigers. Of those who are devoured by diseases and who give up vast wealth, the physicians, though they strive, do not take away the pains. And those various doctors too, skilled and with approved medicines, are dragged down by diseases like deer tormented by tigers.
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NarP 1 61.60
ते पिबन्ति कषायांश्च सर्पीषि विविधानि च । दृश्यन्ते जरया भग्ना नागैर्नागा इवोत्तमाः
te pibanti kaṣāyāṃśca sarpīṣi vividhāni ca / dṛśyante jarayā bhagnā nāgairnāgā ivottamāḥ
They drink decoctions and various clarified butters; (yet) they are seen broken by old age, like great elephants by (other) elephants.
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NarP 1 61.61
कैर्वा भुवि चिकित्स्येन्त रोगार्त्ता मृगपक्षिणः । श्वापदाश्च दरिद्राश्च प्रायो नार्ता भवन्ति ते
kairvā bhuvi cikitsyenta rogārttā mṛgapakṣiṇaḥ / śvāpadāśca daridrāśca prāyo nārtā bhavanti te
Or by whom on earth would beasts and birds afflicted by disease be treated? Yet beasts of prey and the poor are for the most part not afflicted.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 61.62
घोरानपि दुराधर्षान्नृपतीनुग्रतेजस । आक्रम्य रोग आदत्ते पशून्पशुपचो यथा
ghorānapi durādharṣānnṛpatīnugratejasa / ākramya roga ādatte paśūnpaśupaco yathā
Even kings who are terrible, unassailable, of fierce energy — disease, having assailed them, carries them off, as a butcher (carries off) cattle.
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NarP 1 61.63
इति लोकमनाक्रन्दं मोहशोकपरिप्लुतम् । स्रोतसा महसा क्षिप्रं ह्रियमाणं बलीयसा
iti lokamanākrandaṃ mohaśokapariplutam / srotasā mahasā kṣipraṃ hriyamāṇaṃ balīyasā
Thus (one sees) the world, with none to cry out to, flooded with delusion and grief, swiftly carried away by a great and overpowering current —
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NarP 1 61.64
न धनेन न राज्येन नोग्रेण तपसा तथा । स्वभावा ह्यतिवर्तन्ते ये निर्मुक्ताः शरीरिषु
na dhanena na rājyena nogreṇa tapasā tathā / svabhāvā hyativartante ye nirmuktāḥ śarīriṣu
Not by wealth, not by kingship, nor likewise by fierce austerity — those innate natures which are set loose in embodied beings are not overcome.
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NarP 1 61.65
उपर्यपरि लोकस्य सर्वो भवितुमिच्छति । यतते च यथाशक्ति न च तद्वर्तते तथा
uparyapari lokasya sarvo bhavitumicchati / yatate ca yathāśakti na ca tadvartate tathā
Everyone wishes to become higher and higher than the world, and he strives according to his ability, yet it does not turn out that way.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition
NarP 1 61.66
न म्रियेरन्नजीर्येरन्सर्वे स्युः सार्वकामिकाः । नाप्रियं प्रतिपद्येरन्नुत्थानस्य फलं प्रति
na mriyerannajīryeransarve syuḥ sārvakāmikāḥ / nāpriyaṃ pratipadyerannutthānasya phalaṃ prati
(Otherwise) they would not die, they would not age, all would have all their desires, and they would not meet with anything unpleasant as the fruit of their effort.
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NarP 1 61.67
ऐश्वर्यमदमत्ताश्च मानान्मयमदेन च । अप्रमत्ताः शठाः क्रूरा विक्रान्ताः पर्युपासते
aiśvaryamadamattāśca mānānmayamadena ca / apramattāḥ śaṭhāḥ krūrā vikrāntāḥ paryupāsate
And (men) drunk with the intoxication of lordship, and through pride and the intoxication of conceit — the unheedful, the crafty, the cruel, the bold — wait upon (them).
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NarP 1 61.68
शोकाः प्रतिनिवर्तन्ते केषाञ्चिदसमीक्षताम् । स्वं स्वं च पुनरन्येषां न कञ्चिदतिगच्छति
śokāḥ pratinivartante keṣāñcidasamīkṣatām / svaṃ svaṃ ca punaranyeṣāṃ na kañcidatigacchati
For some, who do not consider (properly), sorrows come back again; and for others, each one's own (sorrow) returns — it passes no one by.
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NarP 1 61.69
महञ्च फलवैषम्यं दृश्यते कर्मसंधिषु । वहॄन्ति शिबिकामन्ये यान्त्यन्ये शिबिकारुहः
mahañca phalavaiṣamyaṃ dṛśyate karmasaṃdhiṣu / vahṝnti śibikāmanye yāntyanye śibikāruhaḥ
And a great unevenness of fruits is seen in the linkings of actions: some carry the palanquin, while others travel mounted upon the palanquin.
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NarP 1 61.70
सर्वेषामृद्धिकामानामन्ये रथपुरः सराः । मनुजाश्च गतश्रीकाः शतशो विविधाः स्त्रियाः
sarveṣāmṛddhikāmānāmanye rathapuraḥ sarāḥ / manujāśca gataśrīkāḥ śataśo vividhāḥ striyāḥ
Of all those who desire prosperity, some go in front of chariots (as escorts); and there are men whose fortune has departed, and hundreds of women of many kinds.
AI translation rendered from the Sanskrit, not a published edition — the model flagged this verse as uncertain
NarP 1 61.71
द्वन्द्वारामेषु भूतेषु गच्छन्त्येकैकशो नराः । इदमन्यत्परं पश्य नात्र मोहं करिष्यसि
dvandvārāmeṣu bhūteṣu gacchantyekaikaśo narāḥ / idamanyatparaṃ paśya nātra mohaṃ kariṣyasi
While beings take their pleasure in pairs, men go one by one. Look at this other, higher (truth): you will not fall into delusion here.
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NarP 1 61.72
धर्मं चापि त्यजा धर्मं त्यज सत्यानृतां धियम् । सर्वं त्यक्त्वा स्वरूपस्थः सुखी भव निरामयः
dharmaṃ cāpi tyajā dharmaṃ tyaja satyānṛtāṃ dhiyam / sarvaṃ tyaktvā svarūpasthaḥ sukhī bhava nirāmayaḥ
Abandon dharma too, abandon adharma; abandon the notion of truth and untruth. Having abandoned everything, abiding in your own true form, be happy and free of affliction.
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NarP 1 61.73
एतत्ते परमं गुह्यमाख्यातमृषिसत्तम । येन देवाः परित्यज्य भर्त्यलोकं दिवं गताः
etatte paramaṃ guhyamākhyātamṛṣisattama / yena devāḥ parityajya bhartyalokaṃ divaṃ gatāḥ
This supreme secret has been declared to you, O best of sages, by which the gods, forsaking the world of mortals, went to heaven.
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NarP 1 61.74
सनन्दन उवाच इत्युक्त्वा व्यासतनयं समापृच्छ्य महामुनिः । सनत्कुमारः प्रययौ पूजितस्तेन सादरम्
sanandana uvāca ityuktvā vyāsatanayaṃ samāpṛcchya mahāmuniḥ / sanatkumāraḥ prayayau pūjitastena sādaram
Sanandana said: Having spoken thus to the son of Vyāsa and taken leave of him, the great sage Sanatkumāra departed, honoured by him respectfully.
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NarP 1 61.75
शुको ऽपि योगिनां श्रेष्ठः सम्यग्ज्ञात्वा ह्यवस्थितम् । ब्रह्मणः पदमन्वेष्टुमुत्सुकः पितरं ययौ
śuko 'pi yogināṃ śreṣṭhaḥ samyagjñātvā hyavasthitam / brahmaṇaḥ padamanveṣṭumutsukaḥ pitaraṃ yayau
And Śuka too, the best of yogins, having rightly understood what had been established, eager to seek out the station of Brahman, went to his father.
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NarP 1 61.76
ततः पित्रा समागम्य प्रणम्य च महामुनिः । शुकः प्रदक्षिणीकृत्य ययौ कैलासपर्वतम्
tataḥ pitrā samāgamya praṇamya ca mahāmuniḥ / śukaḥ pradakṣiṇīkṛtya yayau kailāsaparvatam
Then the great sage Śuka, having met with his father and bowed to him and circumambulated him, went to Mount Kailāsa.
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NarP 1 61.77
व्यासस्तद्विरहाद्दूनः पुत्रस्नेहसमावृतः । क्षणैकं स्थीयतां पुत्र इति च क्रोश दुर्मनाः
vyāsastadvirahāddūnaḥ putrasnehasamāvṛtaḥ / kṣaṇaikaṃ sthīyatāṃ putra iti ca krośa durmanāḥ
Vyāsa, pained by that separation, overcome by love for his son, cried out in his grief, "Stay just a moment, my son!"
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NarP 1 61.78
निरपेक्षः शुको भूत्वा निःस्नेहो मुक्तबन्धनः । मोक्षमेवानुसंचित्य गत एव परं पदम्
nirapekṣaḥ śuko bhūtvā niḥsneho muktabandhanaḥ / mokṣamevānusaṃcitya gata eva paraṃ padam
But Śuka, having become indifferent, without attachment, his bonds released, meditating on liberation alone, went indeed to the supreme station.
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