Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27
Jīva–Ātman Inquiry; Kṣetrajña Doctrine; Karma-based Varṇa; Four Āśramas and Sannyāsa Discipline
पतितं याति भूमित्वमयनं तस्य हि क्षितिः । जगमानां हि सर्वेषां स्थावराणां तथैव च ॥ २७ ॥
patitaṃ yāti bhūmitvamayanaṃ tasya hi kṣitiḥ | jagamānāṃ hi sarveṣāṃ sthāvarāṇāṃ tathaiva ca || 27 ||
Was immer herabfällt, wird zur „Erde“—denn die Erde (kṣiti) ist wahrlich seine Ruhestätte. So ist es bei allen beweglichen Wesen, und ebenso bei den unbeweglichen.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It points to a universal principle of support and dissolution: all embodied forms—moving and unmoving—ultimately come to rest in the earth, encouraging dispassion (vairāgya) and reflection on impermanence.
By highlighting the inevitability of material return to the earth, the verse indirectly urges the seeker to take refuge in the imperishable—Vishnu/Narayana—through bhakti rather than clinging to perishable bodily identity.
Primarily nirukta-style semantic insight: kṣiti is presented as the ‘resting/supporting’ ground (from the idea of kṣiti/holding), reinforcing how meaning and etymological sense can illuminate philosophical teaching.