Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 63
Gaṅgā-māhātmya: Bāhu’s Envy, Defeat, Forest Exile, and Aurva’s Dharmic Consolation
हन्ति पाति च गोविन्दो जन्तून्कर्मवशे स्थितान् । प्रवादं रोपयन्त्यज्ञा हेतुमात्रेषु जन्तुषु ॥ ६३ ॥
hanti pāti ca govindo jantūnkarmavaśe sthitān | pravādaṃ ropayantyajñā hetumātreṣu jantuṣu || 63 ||
Govinda derriba y también protege a los seres que permanecen bajo el dominio de su propio karma. Pero los ignorantes siembran culpa y calumnia en meras causas secundarias: sólo en las criaturas y en los instrumentos.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that outcomes—protection or destruction—ultimately unfold under Govinda’s governance through the law of karma, and that spiritual maturity means not blaming mere instruments but understanding the deeper order.
Bhakti here is expressed as seeing Govinda’s supreme oversight behind life’s changes, replacing resentment and blame with surrender, trust, and devotion to Vishnu as the inner ruler (antaryāmin).
The verse most directly reinforces dharma-śāstric reasoning about karma and agency (hetu vs. nimitta), rather than a specific Vedanga; it cautions against faulty attribution of causality in ethical judgment.