Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 32
Hari-nāma Mahimā and Caraṇāmṛta: The Redemption of the Hunter Gulika
Uttaṅka Itihāsa
कृतापराधिनां लोके शक्ताः शिक्षां प्रकुर्वते । नहि सौम्य वृथा घ्नंति सज्जना अपि पापिनः ॥ ३२ ॥
kṛtāparādhināṃ loke śaktāḥ śikṣāṃ prakurvate | nahi saumya vṛthā ghnaṃti sajjanā api pāpinaḥ || 32 ||
В мире даже совершившие проступки могут быть исправлены наставлением и дисциплиной. О кроткий, и праведники не поражают грешников без причины.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It teaches that dharmic response to wrongdoing is corrective, not impulsive—true virtue restrains violence and applies discipline only with just cause, aiming at reformation rather than hatred.
Bhakti refines character: a devotee’s conduct reflects compassion and self-control. Even when confronting adharma, the devotee acts without cruelty, aligning action with dharma and inner purity.
Śikṣā is emphasized in its broader sense of disciplined training and correction—an applied principle of instruction that supports dharmic conduct and social order, even though this verse is not a technical Vedāṅga lesson.