Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47
Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola
Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography
अत्र कर्माणि कुर्वन्ति त्रिविधानि तु नारद । तत्फलं भुज्यते चैव भोगभूमिष्वनुक्रमात् ॥ ४७ ॥
atra karmāṇi kurvanti trividhāni tu nārada | tatphalaṃ bhujyate caiva bhogabhūmiṣvanukramāt || 47 ||
ଏଠାରେ, ହେ ନାରଦ, ପ୍ରାଣୀମାନେ ତ୍ରିବିଧ କର୍ମ କରନ୍ତି; ଏବଂ ସେହି କର୍ମଫଳ କ୍ରମେ ଭୋଗଭୂମିମାନେ ଭୋଗ କରାଯାଏ।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that karma is not lost: actions are threefold and their results must be experienced in appropriate realms, reinforcing moral causality and the need to rise beyond fruit-seeking toward liberation.
By highlighting that karmic results are merely “enjoyed” in bhoga-realms, it implicitly points to Bhakti as a higher aim—seeking Bhagavān rather than revolving through sequential enjoyments produced by karma.
The verse supports ritual-ethics reasoning used in Dharma and Kalpa (ritual procedure): actions (karman) generate specific fruits (phala) that are experienced according to order, a key premise behind Vedic rite-performance and its expected outcomes.