Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 95
Jīva–Ātman Inquiry; Kṣetrajña Doctrine; Karma-based Varṇa; Four Āśramas and Sannyāsa Discipline
भृगुरुवाच । अत्रोच्यते अनृतात्खलु तमः प्रादुर्भूतं ततस्तमोग्रस्ता अधर्ममेवानुवर्तंते न धर्मं । क्रोधलोभमोहहिंसानृतादिभिखच्छन्नाः खल्वस्मिंल्लोके नामुत्र सुखमाप्नुवंति । विविधव्याधिरुजोपतापैरवकीर्यन्ते वधबन्धनपरिक्लेशादिभिश्च क्षुत्पिपासाश्रमकृतैरुपतापैरुपतप्यंते । वर्षवातात्युष्णातिशीतकृतैश्च प्रतिभयैः शारीरैर्दुःखैरुपतप्यंते बंधुधनविनाशविप्रयोगकृतैश्च मानसैः शौकैरभिभूयंते जरामृत्युकृतैश्चान्यैरिति यस्त्वेतैः ॥ ९५ ॥
bhṛguruvāca | atrocyate anṛtātkhalu tamaḥ prādurbhūtaṃ tatastamograstā adharmamevānuvartaṃte na dharmaṃ | krodhalobhamohahiṃsānṛtādibhikhacchannāḥ khalvasmiṃlloke nāmutra sukhamāpnuvaṃti | vividhavyādhirujopatāpairavakīryante vadhabandhanaparikleśādibhiśca kṣutpipāsāśramakṛtairupatāpairupatapyaṃte | varṣavātātyuṣṇātiśītakṛtaiśca pratibhayaiḥ śārīrairduḥkhairupatapyaṃte baṃdhudhanavināśaviprayogakṛtaiśca mānasaiḥ śaukairabhibhūyaṃte jarāmṛtyukṛtaiścānyairiti yastvetaiḥ || 95 ||
ブリグ仙は言った。「ここに説かれる。虚偽（アヌリタ）より、まことに闇なるタマスが生じる。タマスに呑まれた者は、ダルマにあらずしてアダルマのみを追う。怒り・貪り・迷妄・暴力・虚言などに覆われ、彼らはこの世にも来世にも安楽を得ない。さまざまな病と痛みに散らされ苦しみ、殺害・投獄などの艱難や、飢え・渇き・疲労の苦に責められる。さらに雨風、酷暑と厳寒によって起こる身の苦と恐れに悩まされ、親族と財の滅失や離別から生じる心の憂いに圧され、老いと死から起こる他の諸苦にもまた苛まれる。」
Bhṛgu
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It identifies falsehood (anṛta) as a root cause that generates tamas (spiritual darkness), which then drives a person into adharma and repeated suffering—bodily, mental, and social—blocking happiness here and hereafter.
By warning that tamas born of falsehood leads to anger, greed, and violence, the verse implies that inner purity and truthfulness are prerequisites for stable devotion—since a mind clouded by adharma cannot rest in sincere bhakti or attain lasting peace.
No specific Vedanga technique is taught directly; the practical takeaway is dharmic discipline—especially satya (truthfulness) and control of krodha/lobha—which supports proper conduct in ritual life and ethical living emphasized across Vedic tradition.