Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 99
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
पक्षमासादिकालेन वर्धते वपुरत्र हि । दुःखाद्यः पीडितश्चैवाच्छन्नदेहो जरायुणा ॥ ९९ ॥
pakṣamāsādikālena vardhate vapuratra hi | duḥkhādyaḥ pīḍitaścaivācchannadeho jarāyuṇā || 99 ||
इथे पंधरवडा, महिना इत्यादी काळाने शरीर वाढत जाते. आणि तो देही दुःख इत्यादींनी पीडित होतो; त्याचे शरीर जरायु (गर्भावरण) यांनी आच्छादित असते.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a didactic dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It highlights the embodied soul’s helplessness and suffering even before birth, urging dispassion toward the body and a turn toward dharma and liberation-oriented practice.
By showing the body as a seat of unavoidable pain and limitation, it supports the bhakti impulse to seek refuge beyond the body—ultimately in the Lord—rather than relying on physical existence for lasting fulfillment.
It uses traditional time-units (pakṣa, māsa) and observational description of bodily development—an applied, technical framing consistent with Vedāṅga-style precision in measuring time and describing physiological stages.