Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 68
Śokanivāraṇa: Non-brooding, Impermanence, Contentment, and Śuka’s Renunciation
शोकाः प्रतिनिवर्तंते केषांचिदसमीक्षताम् । स्वं स्वं च पुनरन्येषां न कंचिदतिगच्छति ॥ ६८ ॥
śokāḥ pratinivartaṃte keṣāṃcidasamīkṣatām | svaṃ svaṃ ca punaranyeṣāṃ na kaṃcidatigacchati || 68 ||
വിവേകത്തോടെ നോക്കാത്തവരുടെ ദുഃഖങ്ങൾ തിരിഞ്ഞു തിരിഞ്ഞു അവരിലേക്കുതന്നെ മടങ്ങിവരും. സത്യത്തിൽ ഓരോരുത്തനും തന്റേതായ പങ്ക് മാത്രമേ അനുഭവിക്കൂ; മറ്റൊരാളുടെ പങ്ക് ആരും അതിക്രമിക്കില്ല।
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within Moksha-dharma discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It teaches viveka (discernment): grief multiplies when one fails to reflect, while wisdom sees that karmic experience is individually borne—help is possible, but one cannot literally carry another’s destined burden.
Bhakti steadies the mind so it can ‘examine’ rightly; with devotion, one accepts outcomes as governed by dharma and karma, serving others compassionately without being consumed by sorrow or false ownership of their suffering.
Vyākaraṇa-style precision in meaning is implied: terms like pratinivartante and atigacchati emphasize causality and limits—sorrow ‘returns’ to the unreflective, and one does not ‘transgress’ into another’s karmic allotment.