Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 114
Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy
तत्पापं समवान्पोति नरकं तावुभावपि । पापिनां पापगणनां कृत्वान्येभ्यो दिशन्ति विन्दति ॥ ११४ ॥
tatpāpaṃ samavānpoti narakaṃ tāvubhāvapi | pāpināṃ pāpagaṇanāṃ kṛtvānyebhyo diśanti vindati || 114 ||
Il récolte pleinement ce péché et entre lui aussi en enfer. Celui qui, après avoir compté les fautes des pécheurs, en assigne les châtiments à d’autres, obtient néanmoins la rétribution qui lui est due.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the dialogue context of Purva Bhaga)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It stresses moral accountability: one who participates in or facilitates sinful outcomes must personally undergo the resulting pāpa-phala, including naraka, because karmic results cannot be escaped through delegation.
By highlighting the danger of pāpa and naraka, it indirectly supports bhakti-based purification: devotion to Bhagavan is upheld in the Purana as a means to restrain sinful conduct and seek inner reform rather than shifting blame or punishment.
Not a direct Vedanga lesson; however, it reflects dharma-śāstric reasoning akin to Nyāya (moral causality) and the “gaṇanā” idea of assessing deeds, which parallels the careful accounting used in ritual and ethical prescriptions.