Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 38
Saṃsāra-duḥkha: Karmic Descent, Garbhavāsa, Life’s Anxieties, Death, and the Call to Jñāna-Bhakti
आमलप्रक्षयाद्यद्वदग्नौ धाम्यंति धातवः । तथैव जीविनः सर्व आकर्मप्रक्षयाद् भृशम् ॥ ३८ ॥
āmalaprakṣayādyadvadagnau dhāmyaṃti dhātavaḥ | tathaiva jīvinaḥ sarva ākarmaprakṣayād bhṛśam || 38 ||
အညစ်အကြေး ပျက်ကွယ်သွားစေရန် မီးထဲတွင် သတ္တုများကို အပူပေးကာ ပြင်းပြင်းထန်ထန် ဖုတ်လှန်၍ သန့်စင်သကဲ့သို့၊ သတ္တဝါအသက်ရှိသူ အားလုံးလည်း စုဆောင်းထားသော ကံ၏ အကျိုးကျန်မှု ပျောက်ကွယ်သွားသောအခါ အလွန်အမင်း သန့်စင်လာကြသည်။
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that suffering, discipline, and spiritual practice function like fire that burns away impurities—when karmic residues are exhausted, the jiva becomes purified and fit for liberation-oriented knowledge.
By implying purification through karmakshaya: steady bhakti and surrender reduce sinful impressions and reactions, refining the heart so devotion becomes unbroken and pure rather than mixed with worldly motives.
It uses a clear ritual/technical metaphor from fire-processing (agni as purifier) to convey a dharmic principle: actions leave results, and disciplined practice (tapas, vrata, japa) is a method to lessen karmic residue.