Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 74
Hanūmaccarita
The Account of Hanumān
वीरभद्रो महायोगी सर्वं दृष्ट्वा चुकोप ह । अहो कष्टमहोकष्टं महेशा बहवो हताः ॥ ७४ ॥
vīrabhadro mahāyogī sarvaṃ dṛṣṭvā cukopa ha | aho kaṣṭamahokaṣṭaṃ maheśā bahavo hatāḥ || 74 ||
Si Vīrabhadra, ang dakilang yogi, nang makita ang lahat ay nag-alab sa galit. “Ay, napakasakit, lubhang napakasakit! Marami sa mga tagasunod ni Maheśa (Śiva) ang napatay!”
Narrator (Purana narration; dialogue context traditionally framed within Suta’s narration to sages, with Narada-Sanatkumara discourse as the larger frame in Book 1.3)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It highlights how intense emotion (krodha) arises even in powerful beings when adharma-like violence is witnessed, and it frames the moral weight of harming the devotees/attendants of a deity—an act treated as spiritually grave in Purāṇic ethics.
By lamenting the death of Maheśa’s followers, the verse implicitly underscores reverence toward the Lord’s devotees/retinue; bhakti is protected by honoring devotees and avoiding offenses that lead to conflict and downfall.
No direct Vedāṅga instruction is given in this line; it functions as itihāsa-style narrative within the Third Pada, serving as contextual storytelling rather than a technical lesson in Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Chandas, Nirukta, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa.
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