Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 44
Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules
क्षुच्छस्त्रानलचौरेभ्यो भयदः प्राणिनां तदा । याम्याग्निधातृवायव्यधिष्ण्येषु प्राकृता गतिः ॥ ४४ ॥
kṣucchastrānalacaurebhyo bhayadaḥ prāṇināṃ tadā | yāmyāgnidhātṛvāyavyadhiṣṇyeṣu prākṛtā gatiḥ || 44 ||
Kemudian Merkurius menjadi pemberi rasa takut bagi makhluk hidup dari kelaparan, senjata, api, dan pencuri; dan gerak yang biasa (prakrta) mengarah ke kediaman yang dipimpin Yama, Agni, Dhatri, dan Vayu.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It warns that a purely worldly, instinct-driven life (prākṛtā gatiḥ) results in fear and constrained destinies under cosmic regulators like Yama and other deities, pointing the seeker toward a higher liberating path.
By highlighting the insecurity of material existence—fear from hunger, violence, fire, and theft—it implicitly motivates refuge in a higher dharma; in Moksha Dharma contexts, this culminates in turning to devotion and surrender that transcends such fear-bound outcomes.
The verse reflects dharma-śāstric and cosmological mapping of “gati” (destinations) and deity jurisdictions; it is more about karmic consequence and loka-structure than a specific Vedanga technique like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa.