नारद उवाच पाराशर्य महाभाग भवत: कच्चिदात्मना । परितुष्यति शारीर आत्मा मानस एव वा ॥ २ ॥
narada uvaca parasarya maha-bhaga bhavatah kaccid atmana paritusyati sarira atma manasa eva va
- naradah
- Narada
- uvaca
- said
- parasarya
- O son of Parasara
- maha-bhaga
- the greatly fortunate
- bhavatah
- your
- kaccit
- if it is
- atmana
- by the self-realization of
- paritusyati
- does it satisfy
- sarirah
- identifying the body
- atma
- self
- manasah
- identifying the mind
- eva
- certainly
- va
- and.
Addressing Vyasadeva, the son of Parasara, Narada inquired: Are you satisfied by identifying with the body or the mind as objects of self-realization?