Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3
Threefold Suffering, Twofold Knowledge, and the Definition of Bhagavān (Vāsudeva); Prelude to Keśidhvaja–Janaka Yoga
सनंदन उवाच । तदस्य त्रिविधं दुःखमिह जातस्य पंडित । गर्भे जन्मजराद्येषुस्थानेषु प्रभविष्यतः ॥ ३ ॥
sanaṃdana uvāca | tadasya trividhaṃ duḥkhamiha jātasya paṃḍita | garbhe janmajarādyeṣusthāneṣu prabhaviṣyataḥ || 3 ||
Sanandana dit : «Ô savant, pour l’être incarné né en ce monde, la souffrance est triple ; elle surgit dans le sein maternel, et dans les états de la naissance, de la vieillesse et autres semblables.»
Sanandana
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames saṁsāra as intrinsically marked by repeated suffering—beginning in the womb and continuing through life’s unavoidable conditions—thereby encouraging dispassion (vairāgya) and a turn toward mokṣa-oriented practice.
By highlighting the inevitability of embodied pain, the verse supports the bhakti rationale: taking refuge in the Lord (especially Viṣṇu in Narada Purana’s broader teaching) as the stable, liberating shelter beyond the cycle of birth and decay.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is ethical-spiritual discernment (viveka) about human embodiment, which undergirds disciplined sādhana and renunciant priorities rather than ritual or technical sciences.