Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 41
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
सोऽनादित्वात्कर्मणो हि तत्तद्भोगं विना भवेत् । तेनानुग्राहकः शम्भुस्तद्भुक्त्यै प्रभुर्व्ययः ॥ ४१ ॥
so'nāditvātkarmaṇo hi tattadbhogaṃ vinā bhavet | tenānugrāhakaḥ śambhustadbhuktyai prabhurvyayaḥ || 41 ||
Karena karma tidak berawal, tanpa mengalami buahnya ia akan tetap berlangsung. Maka Śambhu, Tuhan yang tak binasa, menjadi penolong penuh anugerah, menuntun jiwa mengalami dan menghabiskan buah karma itu.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a guru-disciple dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that karma is beginningless and persists until its fruits are experienced; divine grace—here attributed to Śambhu—helps the jīva undergo and thereby exhaust karmic results, supporting progress toward liberation.
By presenting Śambhu as an anugrāhaka (grace-giver), it implies that surrender and devotion invite divine assistance, making karmic burdens bearable and accelerating the purification that supports bhakti and moksha.
The verse foregrounds karma–phala reasoning used in dharma-śāstra and ritual logic: actions yield definite results that must be ‘consumed’ (bhoga) for karmic depletion—an interpretive principle often applied when assessing rites, expiations, and their outcomes.