Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
Ekādaśī Vrata-Vidhi and the Galava–Bhadrashīla Itihāsa
Dharmakīrti before Yama
सदैव दुष्कृतं चक्रुः षष्टांशस्तत्रमेऽभवत् । एवं पापसमाचारो व्यसनाभिरतः सदा ॥ ५९ ॥
sadaiva duṣkṛtaṃ cakruḥ ṣaṣṭāṃśastatrame'bhavat | evaṃ pāpasamācāro vyasanābhirataḥ sadā || 59 ||
သူတို့သည် အမြဲတမ်း ဒုက္ကရိတကို ပြုကြ၏၊ ထိုအမှု၌ ငါ့အပေါ်သို့ ခြောက်ဆယ်ပုံတစ်ပုံသော အစိတ်အပိုင်း ကျရောက်လာ၏။ ထို့ကြောင့် ပാപအကျင့်ကို အလေ့အထဖြစ်စေသောသူသည် အမြဲတမ်း အကျင့်ဆိုးများ၌ စွဲလမ်းနေ၏။
Sanatkumāra (in dialogue with Nārada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bibhatsa
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It highlights that persistent wrongdoing creates karmic consequence, and even an associated party may receive a fractional share of that demerit, while habitual vice (vyasana) entrenches one deeper in pāpa.
By contrasting sinful habit with the need for purification, it implicitly supports Bhakti as a corrective discipline—turning the mind from vyasana to sattva through devotion and right conduct (sadācāra).
It reflects Dharma-śāstric reasoning used alongside Kalpa (ritual discipline): actions generate measurable karmic results (pāpa-bhāga), motivating expiatory practice (prāyaścitta) and regulated conduct.