Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 9
Uttaraloka
Northern Higher World), Dharma–Adharma Viveka, and Adhyatma-Prashna (Prelude
इह धर्मपराः केचित्केचिन्नैष्कृतिका नराः । सुखिता दुःखिताः केचिन्निर्धना धनिनो परे ॥ ९ ॥
iha dharmaparāḥ kecitkecinnaiṣkṛtikā narāḥ | sukhitā duḥkhitāḥ kecinnirdhanā dhanino pare || 9 ||
اس دنیا میں کچھ لوگ دھرم پر قائم ہیں اور کچھ نَیشکرتِک (اخلاقی ضبط سے خالی) ہیں؛ کچھ خوش ہیں، کچھ غمگین؛ کچھ نادار ہیں اور کچھ مالدار۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-Dharma section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It points to the observable diversity of human states—virtue and vice, happiness and sorrow, poverty and wealth—setting up a Moksha-Dharma reflection that worldly conditions vary and should be interpreted through dharma and karmic causality rather than mere chance.
By contrasting dharma-oriented people with the morally unrestrained, it implicitly supports the bhakti-friendly Purāṇic emphasis that disciplined living (dharma) stabilizes the mind and prepares one for sustained devotion and liberation-oriented practice.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical discernment (dharma vs. adharma) as a foundation that complements Vedic disciplines like ritual practice and scriptural study.