Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 10
Uttaraloka
Northern Higher World), Dharma–Adharma Viveka, and Adhyatma-Prashna (Prelude
इह श्रमो भयं मोहः क्षुधा तीव्रा च जायते । लोभश्चार्थकृतो तॄणां येन मुह्यंत्यपंडिताः ॥ १० ॥
iha śramo bhayaṃ mohaḥ kṣudhā tīvrā ca jāyate | lobhaścārthakṛto tṝṇāṃ yena muhyaṃtyapaṃḍitāḥ || 10 ||
اس دنیاوی زندگی میں مشقت، خوف، فریبِ نظر اور شدید بھوک پیدا ہوتی ہے؛ اور مال کی طلب سے پیدا ہونے والا لالچ بھی ہوتا ہے، جس سے نادان لوگ بھٹک جاتے ہیں۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-Dharma dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It diagnoses samsaric life as a cycle of strain, fear, delusion, and craving, showing that wealth-driven greed clouds discrimination; recognizing this is the first step toward vairagya (dispassion) and moksha.
By exposing how artha-centered living generates moha and bhaya, the verse implies the bhakti remedy: shifting the mind from gain to God (especially Vishnu), so the heart becomes steady and less vulnerable to greed and confusion.
The practical takeaway is ethical self-discipline (a dharmic application rather than a technical Vedanga): cultivating discernment (viveka) to identify lobha as a cause of mental delusion and to restrain sense-driven impulses.