Shloka 49
The Dialogue between Rukmāṅgada and Dharmāṅgada
सोऽहं गमिष्यामि वनाय हृष्टो विहारशीलो मृगहिंसनाय । स्वेच्छाचरश्चाथ विशालनेत्रे विमुक्तपापो जनरक्षणाय ॥ ४९ ॥
so'haṃ gamiṣyāmi vanāya hṛṣṭo vihāraśīlo mṛgahiṃsanāya | svecchācaraścātha viśālanetre vimuktapāpo janarakṣaṇāya || 49 ||
तो मैं प्रसन्न होकर वन को जाऊँगा, विचरण‑प्रिय होकर मृगों का शिकार करूँगा। हे विशालनेत्री, अपनी इच्छा से विचरता हुआ, पाप से मुक्त होकर, मैं प्रजा‑रक्षा के लिए प्रवृत्त होऊँगा।
Unspecified (narrative voice within Uttara-Bhaga; verse reads as a direct speech addressed to a ‘wide-eyed’ person)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It frames “purification from sin” (vimukta-pāpa) as something validated by one’s renewed orientation toward loka-saṅgraha—protecting people (jana-rakṣaṇa)—rather than mere personal freedom.
Indirectly: the verse emphasizes purified intention and service to others. In the Narada Purana’s broader ethic, such protection of beings and righteous duty supports sattva and becomes conducive to Vishnu-bhakti, even when the immediate act described is worldly (going to the forest).
No specific Vedanga (Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Chandas, Nirukta, Jyotiṣa, Kalpa) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is dharma-oriented conduct—linking personal purification (prāyaścitta-bhāva) with social responsibility (jana-rakṣaṇa).