Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 25
Śokanivāraṇa: Non-brooding, Impermanence, Contentment, and Śuka’s Renunciation
अचेष्टमानमासीनं श्रीः कंचिदुपतिष्टति । कश्चित्कर्माणि कुरुते न प्राप्यमधिगच्छति ॥ २५ ॥
aceṣṭamānamāsīnaṃ śrīḥ kaṃcidupatiṣṭati | kaścitkarmāṇi kurute na prāpyamadhigacchati || 25 ||
たとえ何の努力もせず座している者であっても、ある時はシュリー・ラクシュミー（福徳）が近づくことがある。だが、ある者は多くの業を行っても、得るべきものを得られない。
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-Dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It highlights the uncertainty of worldly outcomes: prosperity may arise without visible effort, while intense striving may still fail—prompting dispassion (vairāgya) and a turn toward Moksha-focused living rather than result-obsession.
By showing that results are not fully controlled by personal effort, it encourages surrender of outcomes to the Divine; Bhakti matures when one serves and acts without anxiety for reward, trusting the higher order behind success and failure.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa ritual procedure) is taught directly here; the practical takeaway is ethical discipline in action—do your prescribed duties, but remain steady when outcomes differ from expectation.