Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28
The Greatness of Viṣṇu
Viṣṇor Māhātmya
तस्मिन्मृते तस्य भार्या नाम्ना बन्धुमती मुने । कामचारपरा सा तु परित्यक्ता च बन्धुभिः ॥ २८ ॥
tasminmṛte tasya bhāryā nāmnā bandhumatī mune | kāmacāraparā sā tu parityaktā ca bandhubhiḥ || 28 ||
ពេលគាត់ស្លាប់ហើយ ឱ មុនី ភរិយារបស់គាត់ឈ្មោះ បន្ធុមតី បានលះបង់ខ្លួនទៅតាមចិត្តប្រាថ្នា ហើយត្រូវបានសាច់ញាតិរបស់នាងបោះបង់ចោល។
Narrator (Purāṇic dialogue context, traditionally Sūta recounting to sages; verse is in third-person narration)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
It highlights how unchecked desire-driven conduct (kāmacāra) leads to social and moral downfall, setting up a dharmic contrast that Purāṇic narratives often use to point toward disciplined life and higher aims.
Indirectly: by showing the instability and consequences of desire-led living, it implies the need for steadiness and restraint—qualities that support bhakti as a focused, value-guided orientation rather than impulse-driven life.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; it functions primarily as a dharma-nīti narrative statement about conduct and its consequences.