Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 67
Anadhyaya and the Winds: From Vedic Recitation Protocol to Sanatkumara’s Moksha-Upadesha
कुटुंबं पुत्रदारं च शरीरं द्रव्यसंचयम् । पारक्यमध्रुवं सर्वं किं स्वं सुकृतदुष्कृते ॥ ६७ ॥
kuṭuṃbaṃ putradāraṃ ca śarīraṃ dravyasaṃcayam | pārakyamadhruvaṃ sarvaṃ kiṃ svaṃ sukṛtaduṣkṛte || 67 ||
Keluarga, anak dan isteri, tubuh serta timbunan harta—semuanya milik ‘orang lain’ dan tidak kekal. Maka apakah yang benar-benar milikmu? Hanya pahala dan dosa, amal baik dan amal buruk.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)
Secondary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)
FAQs
It establishes viveka (discernment): relationships, body, and possessions are transient and not ultimately ‘mine’, while karma—merit and demerit—inevitably accompanies the jiva and shapes future experience, urging a life oriented to liberation.
By weakening possessiveness and attachment, the verse prepares the mind for bhakti: when one knows worldly supports are unstable, one naturally seeks the lasting refuge of the Divine, offering actions as dharmic service and purifying karma.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana or Jyotisha) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is ethical karma-discipline—performing dharmic acts (sukrita) and avoiding harmful acts (dushkrita)—as the only ‘asset’ that truly follows one beyond death.