Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33
Yamapatha (The Road of Yama), Dāna-Phala, and the Imperishable Fruition of Karma
स याति नरकं घोरं कोऽन्यस्तस्मादचेतनः । शरीरं यातनारुपं मलाद्यैः परिदूषितम् ॥ ३३ ॥
sa yāti narakaṃ ghoraṃ ko'nyastasmādacetanaḥ | śarīraṃ yātanārupaṃ malādyaiḥ paridūṣitam || 33 ||
Dia menuju neraka yang mengerikan—siapakah yang lebih tidak sedar daripadanya? Kerana dia melekat pada tubuh yang sendiri merupakan rupa penyeksaan, tercemar sepenuhnya oleh kotoran dan pelbagai kenajisan.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a didactic passage on embodied suffering and karmic consequence)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It urges viveka (discernment) and vairagya (dispassion): treating the body as inherently impure and pain-bound, the verse warns that blind attachment and sinful living culminate in naraka, pushing the seeker toward dharma and liberation-oriented practice.
By highlighting the body’s limitations and the danger of delusion, it implicitly points to taking refuge in the divine (especially Vishnu-bhakti in the Narada Purana) as a higher identity than the body—devotion steadies the mind, restrains sin, and redirects life toward moksha.
No specific Vedanga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is dharmic self-discipline—purity, restraint, and right conduct—principles that support ritual correctness and inner purification emphasized across Vedanga-informed practice.