Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3
Saṃsāra-duḥkha: Karmic Descent, Garbhavāsa, Life’s Anxieties, Death, and the Call to Jñāna-Bhakti
तानि पुष्पाणि कानिचिदफलानि कानिचित्फलहेतुभूतानि तेषु पुष्पेषु वृद्धभावेषु सत्सु तत्पुष्पमूलतस्तुषोत्पत्तिर्जायते तेषु तुषु भोक्तॄणां प्राणिनां संस्कारसामग्रीवशाद्धिमरश्मिकिरणासन्नतया तदोषधिरसस्तुषांतः प्रविश्य क्षीरभावं समेत्य स्वकाले तंडुलाकारतामुपगम्य प्राणिनां भोगसंस्कारवशात्संवत्सरे फलिनः स्युः ॥ ३ ॥
tāni puṣpāṇi kānicidaphalāni kānicitphalahetubhūtāni teṣu puṣpeṣu vṛddhabhāveṣu satsu tatpuṣpamūlatastuṣotpattirjāyate teṣu tuṣu bhoktṝṇāṃ prāṇināṃ saṃskārasāmagrīvaśāddhimaraśmikiraṇāsannatayā tadoṣadhirasastuṣāṃtaḥ praviśya kṣīrabhāvaṃ sametya svakāle taṃḍulākāratāmupagamya prāṇināṃ bhogasaṃskāravaśātsaṃvatsare phalinaḥ syuḥ || 3 ||
Di antara bunga-bunga itu, ada yang mandul dan ada yang menjadi sebab munculnya buah. Ketika bunga matang, dari sumber-akar bunga itu timbul tuṣa, yakni selubung atau sekam. Lalu di dalam sekam itu, oleh daya saṁskāra makhluk yang akan menikmati serta kelengkapan kondisi, dan karena dekatnya sinar matahari, sari tumbuhan masuk, menjadi seperti susu, dan pada waktunya berubah menjadi bentuk butir (tanduḷa). Demikianlah, sesuai saṁskāra kenikmatan, dalam setahun mereka menjadi berbuah.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a didactic dialogue context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta (wonder)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
FAQs
It links outward nature (flower, husk, grain, fruit) with inner causality—saṃskāra (latent impressions) and conditions—showing that results manifest when time, energy (sunlight), and prior causes align.
Indirectly, it supports a bhakti worldview by emphasizing orderly causation under cosmic law: just as fruit arises from proper conditions, devotion ripens into spiritual “fruit” when sustained with right saṃskāras, discipline, and timely practice.
It reflects a Vedic-science mode of explanation akin to Jyotiṣa/seasonal timing and natural observation: sunlight (raśmi), time (sva-kāla), and annual cycles (saṃvatsara) are treated as key determinants in maturation and yield.