Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27
The Greatness of Viṣṇu
Viṣṇor Māhātmya
स कदाचिद्धनार्थं तु पृथिव्यां पर्यटन् द्विजः । ममार नर्मदातीरे श्वासकासप्रपीडितः ॥ २७ ॥
sa kadāciddhanārthaṃ tu pṛthivyāṃ paryaṭan dvijaḥ | mamāra narmadātīre śvāsakāsaprapīḍitaḥ || 27 ||
ម្តងមួយ ព្រះទ្វិជៈនោះ ដើរល្បាតលើផែនដី ដើម្បីស្វែងរកទ្រព្យសម្បត្តិ ហើយបានស្លាប់នៅច្រាំងទន្លេនರ್ಮទា ដោយទុក្ខលំបាកដង្ហើមខ្លី និងក្អករំខាន។
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It highlights human mortality and the karmic tension between pursuing artha (wealth) and living with dharma, while also pointing to the special spiritual context of a sacred riverbank (tīrtha) like the Narmadā.
Indirectly, it contrasts worldly wandering for wealth with the implied need to orient life toward higher aims; in Narada Purana’s broader teaching, remembrance of the divine and dharmic living are the stable refuge when the body becomes fragile.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is dharmic discernment (choosing right aim and conduct) rather than a rule of śikṣā, vyākaraṇa, kalpa, or jyotiṣa.