Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 12
Yamapatha (The Road of Yama), Dāna-Phala, and the Imperishable Fruition of Karma
पाशेन यंत्रिताः केचित्कृष्यमाणास्तथांकुशैः । शास्त्रास्त्रैस्ताड्यमानाश्च पृष्टतो यांति पापिनः ॥ १२ ॥
pāśena yaṃtritāḥ kecitkṛṣyamāṇāstathāṃkuśaiḥ | śāstrāstraistāḍyamānāśca pṛṣṭato yāṃti pāpinaḥ || 12 ||
ಕೆಲವು ಪಾಪಿಗಳು ಪಾಶಗಳಿಂದ ಬಿಗಿಹಾಕಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ, ಕೆಲವರು ಅಂಕುಶಗಳಿಂದ ಎಳೆಯಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ. ಹಿಂದೆಿನಿಂದ ಶಸ್ತ್ರಗಳು ಹಾಗೂ ಶಿಕ್ಷಾ-ದಂಡಗಳಿಂದ ಹೊಡೆತ ತಿನ್ನುತ್ತಾ ಅವರು ಮುಂದಕ್ಕೆ ಓಡಿಸಲ್ಪಡುತ್ತಾರೆ।
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It emphasizes karma-phala: sinful actions (pāpa) culminate in forced suffering and humiliation after death, urging a life aligned with dharma and purification.
By portraying the grim fate of the unrepentant, it indirectly motivates refuge in Vishnu-bhakti and dharmic living as protective disciplines that reduce pāpa and its consequences.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical discipline (dharma) to avoid pāpa that leads to Naraka.