Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 45
Jīva–Ātman Inquiry; Kṣetrajña Doctrine; Karma-based Varṇa; Four Āśramas and Sannyāsa Discipline
न जीवनाशोऽस्ति हि देहभेदे मिथ्यैतदाहुर्मुन इत्यबुद्धाः । जीवस्तु देहांतरितः प्रयाति दशार्द्धतस्तस्य शरीरभेदः ॥ ४५ ॥
na jīvanāśo'sti hi dehabhede mithyaitadāhurmuna ityabuddhāḥ | jīvastu dehāṃtaritaḥ prayāti daśārddhatastasya śarīrabhedaḥ || 45 ||
ദേഹം മാറുമ്പോഴും ജീവന് നാശമില്ല; അങ്ങനെ പറയുന്നവർ മിഥ്യ പറയുന്നു—മുനികളെന്നു വിളിക്കപ്പെട്ടാലും അവിവേകികൾ. ജീവൻ ദേഹാന്തരം പ്രാപിച്ച്, തന്റെ അവസ്ഥാനുസരിച്ച് ശരീരഭേദം ധരിക്കുന്നു.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-dharma dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It affirms the immortality of the jīva: death is only the ending of a particular body, while the conscious self continues and moves onward according to its karmic conditioning.
By establishing that the jīva persists beyond bodily change, it supports sustained God-oriented practice across lives; devotion becomes a transformative saṃskāra that accompanies the soul, aiding liberation.
Indirectly, it aligns with Jyotiṣa usage of “daśā” (life-period conditions) as a framework for understanding changing embodied circumstances, while keeping the core teaching focused on mokṣa rather than prediction.