Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 74
The Characteristics of Devotion to Hari
सृष्टिस्तु विविधा प्रोक्ता देवासुरविभेदतः । हरिभक्तियुता दैवी तद्धीना ह्यासुरी महा ॥ ७४ ॥
sṛṣṭistu vividhā proktā devāsuravibhedataḥ | haribhaktiyutā daivī taddhīnā hyāsurī mahā || 74 ||
សೃષ્ટិ ត្រូវបានពោលថាមានច្រើនប្រភេទ ដោយបែងចែកជាទេវ និងអសុរ។ អ្វីដែលពោរពេញដោយភក្តិដល់ព្រះហរិ គឺទេវី; អ្វីដែលខ្វះភក្តិនោះ គឺអាសុរីយ៉ាងខ្លាំង។
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It defines the core spiritual criterion for divinity: devotion to Hari. The verse reframes “divine vs. demonic” not as birth or power, but as an inner orientation toward Vishnu-bhakti.
Bhakti is presented as the decisive spiritual qualifier: when creation (one’s life, tendencies, and actions) is united with Hari-bhakti it becomes daivī; when separated from it, it becomes āsurī. Thus devotion is not optional—it is the transforming principle.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Śikṣā) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical-spiritual discernment (daivī/āsurī lakṣaṇa) grounded in Hari-bhakti.