Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 18
Uttaraloka
Northern Higher World), Dharma–Adharma Viveka, and Adhyatma-Prashna (Prelude
अन्योन्यभक्षणासक्ता लोभमोहसमन्विताः । इहैव परिवर्त्तन्ते न च यान्त्युत्तरां दिशम् ॥ १८ ॥
anyonyabhakṣaṇāsaktā lobhamohasamanvitāḥ | ihaiva parivarttante na ca yāntyuttarāṃ diśam || 18 ||
പരസ്പരം ഭക്ഷിക്കുന്നതിൽ ആസക്തരും ലോഭ‑മോഹങ്ങളാൽ യുക്തരുമായവർ ഈ സംസാരചക്രത്തിൽ തന്നേ ചുറ്റിത്തിരിയും; അവർ ഉന്നതമായ ഊർദ്ധ്വമാർഗ്ഗത്തിലേക്ക് പോകുകയില്ല।
Narada (teaching in Moksha-Dharma context; dialogue stream associated with the Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It warns that violence toward others, driven by greed and delusion, binds a person to repeated worldly existence; such a mind cannot access the “higher direction,” i.e., the liberating upward course of dharma leading toward moksha.
Bhakti requires a purified heart—compassion, restraint, and freedom from lobha and moha. By contrasting harmful, greedy conduct with the “higher direction,” the verse implicitly points to devotion and sattvic living as prerequisites for rising toward Vishnu-oriented liberation.
No specific Vedanga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical discipline (yama-like restraint) as the foundation that supports mantra, ritual, and scriptural study without being undermined by greed and delusion.