Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 91
Anadhyaya and the Winds: From Vedic Recitation Protocol to Sanatkumara’s Moksha-Upadesha
तप्यतेऽथ पुनस्तेन भुक्त्वाऽपथ्यमिवातुरः । अजस्रमेव मोहांतो दुःखेषु सुखसंज्ञितः ॥ ९१ ॥
tapyate'tha punastena bhuktvā'pathyamivāturaḥ | ajasrameva mohāṃto duḥkheṣu sukhasaṃjñitaḥ || 91 ||
Kemudian ia dibakar lagi oleh hal yang sama—seperti orang sakit yang memakan sesuatu yang tidak sesuai. Bagi yang berakhir dalam moha, penderitaan pun disangka kebahagiaan tanpa henti.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada on Moksha-dharma and the nature of delusion)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It diagnoses bondage as a cognitive error: delusion makes one label painful, karmically harmful pleasures as “happiness,” and thus one repeatedly returns to the same cause of suffering.
By exposing sense-pleasure as self-burning like unwholesome food, the verse supports turning the mind away from moha and toward steady refuge—classically fulfilled through Vishnu-bhakti, which redirects desire into purifying remembrance and worship.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana or Jyotisha) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is ethical discernment (viveka) in daily conduct—treating harmful indulgences as ‘apathya’ and choosing disciplines that reduce craving.