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 ||
ਉਹ ਭਿਆਨਕ ਨਰਕ ਨੂੰ ਜਾਂਦਾ ਹੈ; ਉਸ ਤੋਂ ਵੱਧ ਅਚੇਤ ਹੋਰ ਕੌਣ? ਕਿਉਂਕਿ ਉਹ ਉਸ ਦੇਹ ਨਾਲ ਚਿਮੜਿਆ ਰਹਿੰਦਾ ਹੈ ਜੋ ਆਪ ਹੀ ਯਾਤਨਾ-ਰੂਪ ਹੈ ਅਤੇ ਮਲ ਆਦਿ ਅਸ਼ੁਚੀ ਨਾਲ ਪੂਰੀ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ਦੂਸ਼ਿਤ ਹੈ।
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.