Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 83
Vyākaraṇa-saṅgraha: Pada–Vibhakti–Kāraka–Lakāra–Samāsa
विवक्ष्यते न व्यापारो लक्ष्ये कर्तुस्तदापरे । लभंते कर्तृते पश्य पच्यते ह्योदनः स्वयम् ॥ ८३ ॥
vivakṣyate na vyāpāro lakṣye kartustadāpare | labhaṃte kartṛte paśya pacyate hyodanaḥ svayam || 83 ||
Quand naît l’intention d’agir, il n’existe en vérité aucune ‘opération’ qui appartienne à l’agent comme but; les hommes ne font qu’attribuer l’agir à un faiseur. Vois : le riz cuit, pour ainsi dire, de lui-même.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches akartṛ-bhāva (non-doership): the Self is not the real agent; doership is superimposed by ignorance, and seeing this loosens bondage to karma.
By reducing egoic doership, a devotee offers actions to Vishnu without possessiveness—service continues, but the ‘I am the doer’ notion fades, deepening śaraṇāgati (surrender).
No specific Vedanga is taught here; the verse is a moksha-dharma instruction using a common illustrative logic (dṛṣṭānta) to clarify agency rather than a rule of grammar, astrology, or ritual.