Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 89
Anadhyaya and the Winds: From Vedic Recitation Protocol to Sanatkumara’s Moksha-Upadesha
अकर्तारममूढं च भगवानाह तीर्तवित् । यो जन्तुः स्वकृतैस्तैस्तैः कर्मभिर्नित्यदुःखितः ॥ ८९ ॥
akartāramamūḍhaṃ ca bhagavānāha tīrtavit | yo jantuḥ svakṛtaistaistaiḥ karmabhirnityaduḥkhitaḥ || 89 ||
Der erhabene Herr, Kenner des rettenden tīrtha, sprach: „Das Lebewesen ist immerdar von Leid bedrängt durch eben jene Taten, die es selbst vollbracht hat—obwohl das Selbst nicht der Handelnde ist und nicht verblendet.“
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada; quoting the Lord’s doctrine on non-doership and karma)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It distinguishes the pure Self (Ātman) as inherently non-doing and undeluded, while explaining that the embodied being experiences ongoing suffering due to its own accumulated karmas—pointing toward liberation through right knowledge and karmic purification.
By revealing that bondage comes from self-made karma, the verse supports surrender to Bhagavān and devotional living as a means to soften ego-driven doership; Bhakti purifies intention and helps transcend karmic entanglement while keeping the Self’s non-doership in view.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is philosophical discernment (viveka) about agency—useful for aligning ritual action (karma) with purification rather than egoic doership.