Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 69
Yuga-Dharma Framework, Kali-Yuga Diagnosis, and the Hari-Nāma Remedy
Transition to Vedānta Inquiry
व्याधितस्करदुर्भिक्षैः पीडिता अतिमांयिनः । प्रपुष्यंति वृथैवामी न विचार्य च दुष्कृतम् ॥ ६९ ॥
vyādhitaskaradurbhikṣaiḥ pīḍitā atimāṃyinaḥ | prapuṣyaṃti vṛthaivāmī na vicārya ca duṣkṛtam || 69 ||
व्याधितस्करदुर्भिक्षैः पीडिताः अतिमायिनः। वृथैव प्रपुष्यन्ति, दुष्कृतं न विचार्य च॥
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Purva Bhaga dialogue framework)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It links outer calamities (illness, theft, famine) with inner blindness (moha), teaching that suffering persists when one refuses self-examination and correction of duṣkṛta (wrongdoing).
By highlighting moha and lack of reflection as the root problem, it implicitly points to bhakti and sāttvika living as a corrective—turning the mind toward the Divine and away from fruitless worldly struggle.
The verse is primarily ethical (dharma/karma) rather than technical Vedanga; the practical takeaway is viveka—discernment and self-review of conduct—before pursuing remedies for external crises.