Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 55
Śokanivāraṇa: Non-brooding, Impermanence, Contentment, and Śuka’s Renunciation
पूजां न लभते कांचित्पुनर्द्धंद्वेषु मज्जति । गर्भस्य सह जातस्य सप्तमीमीदृशीं दशाम् ॥ ५५ ॥
pūjāṃ na labhate kāṃcitpunarddhaṃdveṣu majjati | garbhasya saha jātasya saptamīmīdṛśīṃ daśām || 55 ||
He gains no honor or reverence at all, and once more sinks into the pairs of opposites (pleasure and pain, gain and loss). Such is the state of the embodied jīva on the seventh stage, from the very moment of birth together with the womb-born body.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It highlights the helplessness of the jīva when bound to saṃsāra: lacking true honor (inner worth rooted in dharma), one repeatedly falls into dvandva—mental swings driven by karma—showing why liberation requires transcending duality.
By stressing that worldly recognition is unreliable and duality-driven, the verse implicitly points toward steadiness of mind; in Narada Purana’s Moksha-dharma, such steadiness is supported by devotion to Bhagavān (especially Vishnu), which lifts one beyond dvandva.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical-spiritual: recognize dvandva as a bondage pattern and cultivate disciplines (vrata, japa, and bhakti-oriented conduct) that reduce reactivity to pleasure and pain.