Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 49
The Characteristics of Devotion to Hari
भूयो भूयोऽपि वक्ष्यामि सत्यमेतत्तपोधन । नीयमानो यमभटैरशक्तो धर्मसाधनैः ॥ ४९ ॥
bhūyo bhūyo'pi vakṣyāmi satyametattapodhana | nīyamāno yamabhaṭairaśakto dharmasādhanaiḥ || 49 ||
Wieder und wieder werde ich es verkünden—dies ist die Wahrheit, o Schatz der Askese: Wenn ein Mensch von Yamas Dienern fortgeschleppt wird, ist er machtlos, die Mittel des Dharma zu vollbringen.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It stresses urgency: dharma must be practiced while one has time and agency; at the moment of death, when seized by Yama’s messengers, one cannot suddenly manufacture merit or complete neglected duties.
By highlighting the helplessness at death, it indirectly urges steady, lifelong cultivation of devotion and righteous conduct—so remembrance of the Divine and accumulated merit are already established, not attempted at the last moment.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical and ritual preparedness—performing dharma-sadhanas in due time rather than postponing them.