Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 85
Jīva–Ātman Inquiry; Kṣetrajña Doctrine; Karma-based Varṇa; Four Āśramas and Sannyāsa Discipline
धर्माधर्मौ प्रकाशश्च तमो दुःखसुखं तथा । शारीरैर्मानसैर्दुःखैः सुखैश्चाप्यसुखोदयैः ॥ ८५ ॥
dharmādharmau prakāśaśca tamo duḥkhasukhaṃ tathā | śārīrairmānasairduḥkhaiḥ sukhaiścāpyasukhodayaiḥ || 85 ||
ധർമ്മാധർമ്മം, പ്രകാശം-തമസ്, ദുഃഖം-സുഖം—ഇവയെല്ലാം ശരീര-മാനസിക ദുഃഖസുഖങ്ങളാൽ അനുഭവപ്പെടുന്നു; ആ സുഖം പോലും പിന്നെയും അസുഖോദയത്തിന് കാരണമാകുന്നു।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It highlights the dvandvas (pairs of opposites) that bind embodied life—dharma/adharma, light/darkness, pain/pleasure—and points to discernment and detachment by noting that even pleasure can mature into suffering.
By showing the instability of worldly sukha and duḥkha, it supports turning the mind away from sense-based satisfaction and toward steady refuge in the Divine—an inner orientation that strengthens Vishnu-bhakti as the enduring source of peace.
No specific Vedanga technique is taught in this verse; it is primarily a Moksha Dharma insight about psychology of experience (mānasa) and embodiment (śārīra), useful for self-observation and ethical restraint.