Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 44
Saṃsāra-duḥkha: Karmic Descent, Garbhavāsa, Life’s Anxieties, Death, and the Call to Jñāna-Bhakti
स्त्रवन्मूत्रपुरीषे तु शरीरेऽस्मिन्नृशाश्वते । शाश्वतं भावयंत्यज्ञा महामोहसमावृताः ॥ ४४ ॥
stravanmūtrapurīṣe tu śarīre'sminnṛśāśvate | śāśvataṃ bhāvayaṃtyajñā mahāmohasamāvṛtāḥ || 44 ||
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Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
It sharply establishes deha-anityatā (the body’s impermanence) and exposes moha (delusion): liberation begins when one stops mistaking the perishable body for the enduring Self.
By reducing attachment to the body, the mind turns away from ego and sense-identity, becoming fit to take refuge in the eternal—Bhagavan—so bhakti can become steady and non-transactional.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is sādhana-oriented viveka and vairagya—daily contemplation of impermanence to weaken delusion.