Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 58
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
तञ्चष्टाफलयोगाञ्च संसिद्धा कर्तृतास्य तु । अकर्तृत्वाभ्युपगमे भोक्तृत्वाख्या वृथास्य तु ॥ ५८ ॥
tañcaṣṭāphalayogāñca saṃsiddhā kartṛtāsya tu | akartṛtvābhyupagame bhoktṛtvākhyā vṛthāsya tu || 58 ||
ความเกี่ยวเนื่องกับผลอันปรารถนาย่อมตั้งมั่นได้ต่อเมื่อยอมรับความเป็นผู้กระทำของเขา แต่หากยอมรับว่าไม่เป็นผู้กระทำแล้ว การเรียกเขาว่า ‘ผู้เสวยผล’ ก็ย่อมไร้ความหมาย
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a philosophical-technical context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It clarifies a key karmic principle: moral responsibility and karmic results presume a real sense of doership; if one denies doership entirely, the notion of being an enjoyer of karmic fruits collapses, pushing the seeker toward a more consistent view of self and action.
By exposing the limits of ego-based doership and enjoyership, it supports the bhakti attitude of offering actions and their fruits to the Lord—reducing “I do/I enjoy” and cultivating surrender (śaraṇāgati) while still acting responsibly.
It reflects a technical, śāstra-style logical analysis (nyāya-like reasoning used in Vedic exegesis): coherent linkage between action (karma), agency (kartṛtva), and result-experience (bhoktṛtva), which underlies ritual hermeneutics and discussions of karmaphala.