Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7
Saṃsāra-duḥkha: Karmic Descent, Garbhavāsa, Life’s Anxieties, Death, and the Call to Jñāna-Bhakti
एवं बहुयोनिषु संभ्रांताः क्रमेण मानुषं जन्म प्राप्नुवंति । केचिच्च पुण्यविशेषाद्युत्क्रमेणापि मनुष्यजन्माश्नुवते ॥ ७ ॥
evaṃ bahuyoniṣu saṃbhrāṃtāḥ krameṇa mānuṣaṃ janma prāpnuvaṃti | kecicca puṇyaviśeṣādyutkrameṇāpi manuṣyajanmāśnuvate || 7 ||
Así, tras vagar por muchas clases de nacimientos, los seres alcanzan gradualmente el nacimiento humano. Sin embargo, algunos—por una excelencia particular de mérito—obtienen el nacimiento humano incluso fuera de la secuencia habitual.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that the jiva’s journey through samsara normally unfolds gradually across many births, and that human birth is a significant milestone—sometimes reached sooner through exceptional merit (puṇya-viśeṣa).
By emphasizing the preciousness of human birth, it implies the urgency of using this life for sadhana—especially bhakti—since merit can bring one to a human body, where devotion and conscious spiritual practice become fully possible.
No specific Vedanga is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical discipline (dharma) that generates puṇya, which the text presents as a factor influencing one’s birth and spiritual opportunity.