Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 31
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
मृगत्वहेतुभूतस्य कर्मणो निष्कृतिं ययौ । तत्र चोत्सृष्टदेहोऽसौ जज्ञे जातिस्मरो द्विजः ॥ ३१ ॥
mṛgatvahetubhūtasya karmaṇo niṣkṛtiṃ yayau | tatra cotsṛṣṭadeho'sau jajñe jātismaro dvijaḥ || 31 ||
मृगत्व का कारण बने कर्म का उसने प्रायश्चित्त किया। वहीं उस देह को त्यागकर वह जातिस्मर—पूर्वजन्म-स्मरणयुक्त—द्विज के रूप में पुनः उत्पन्न हुआ।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha Dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that karma leading to lower birth can be purified through niṣkṛti (prāyaścitta), and that sincere purification supports a higher rebirth and clearer spiritual memory, aiding mokṣa-oriented life.
Though it speaks in karma language, it supports bhakti by emphasizing purification and detachment: abandoning the old body and past entanglements prepares the mind for steadier remembrance and God-centered living in the next birth.
It points to Dharma-śāstra-based prāyaścitta (expiatory discipline) and ritual correctness—practical application of Vedic injunctions governing purification and ethical restoration.