Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 31
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
मृगत्वहेतुभूतस्य कर्मणो निष्कृतिं ययौ । तत्र चोत्सृष्टदेहोऽसौ जज्ञे जातिस्मरो द्विजः ॥ ३१ ॥
mṛgatvahetubhūtasya karmaṇo niṣkṛtiṃ yayau | tatra cotsṛṣṭadeho'sau jajñe jātismaro dvijaḥ || 31 ||
Tinubos niya ang karma na naging sanhi ng kanyang pagiging usa sa pamamagitan ng pagsisisi at paglinis (prāyaścitta). Doon, matapos iwan ang katawang iyon, siya’y muling isinilang bilang dvija (brāhmaṇa), na may alaala ng mga dating kapanganakan.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha Dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that karma leading to lower birth can be purified through niṣkṛti (prāyaścitta), and that sincere purification supports a higher rebirth and clearer spiritual memory, aiding mokṣa-oriented life.
Though it speaks in karma language, it supports bhakti by emphasizing purification and detachment: abandoning the old body and past entanglements prepares the mind for steadier remembrance and God-centered living in the next birth.
It points to Dharma-śāstra-based prāyaścitta (expiatory discipline) and ritual correctness—practical application of Vedic injunctions governing purification and ethical restoration.