Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 41
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
सोऽनादित्वात्कर्मणो हि तत्तद्भोगं विना भवेत् । तेनानुग्राहकः शम्भुस्तद्भुक्त्यै प्रभुर्व्ययः ॥ ४१ ॥
so'nāditvātkarmaṇo hi tattadbhogaṃ vinā bhavet | tenānugrāhakaḥ śambhustadbhuktyai prabhurvyayaḥ || 41 ||
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Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a guru-disciple dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that karma is beginningless and persists until its fruits are experienced; divine grace—here attributed to Śambhu—helps the jīva undergo and thereby exhaust karmic results, supporting progress toward liberation.
By presenting Śambhu as an anugrāhaka (grace-giver), it implies that surrender and devotion invite divine assistance, making karmic burdens bearable and accelerating the purification that supports bhakti and moksha.
The verse foregrounds karma–phala reasoning used in dharma-śāstra and ritual logic: actions yield definite results that must be ‘consumed’ (bhoga) for karmic depletion—an interpretive principle often applied when assessing rites, expiations, and their outcomes.