Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 29
Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy
अधर्मस्यानुममन्ता च ब्रह्महा परिकीर्तितः । ब्रह्महत्या समं पापमेव बहुविधं नृप ॥ २९ ॥
adharmasyānumamantā ca brahmahā parikīrtitaḥ | brahmahatyā samaṃ pāpameva bahuvidhaṃ nṛpa || 29 ||
ഹേ രാജാവേ! അധർമ്മത്തിന് സമ്മതം നൽകുന്നവൻ ‘ബ്രഹ്മഹാ’ എന്നു പ്രസിദ്ധീകരിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു. അവൻ ബ്രഹ്മഹത്യയ്ക്ക് തുല്യമായ പലവിധ പാപങ്ങൾ ഏറ്റെടുക്കുന്നു.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada; addressed as 'nṛpa' within the didactic narration)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It teaches that moral responsibility includes not only committing adharma but also enabling or approving it; inner consent to wrongdoing binds heavy karma comparable to a major sin (brahmahatyā).
By stressing accountability for one’s choices and approvals, it prepares the ground for sincere repentance and purification—key prerequisites for steady Vishnu-bhakti that avoids complicity in adharma.
Vyākaraṇa-informed precision of terms like “anumamantā” (assenter) shows how dharma discourse hinges on exact meanings—distinguishing direct action from sanctioning or permitting an act.