Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 38
योगस्वरूप-धारणा-समाधि-वर्णनम् (केशिध्वजोपदेशः)
येयं क्षेत्रज्ञशक्तिः सा चेष्टिता नृप कर्मजा । असारभूते संसारे प्रोक्ता तत्र महामते ॥ ३८ ॥
yeyaṃ kṣetrajñaśaktiḥ sā ceṣṭitā nṛpa karmajā | asārabhūte saṃsāre proktā tatra mahāmate || 38 ||
اے بادشاہ! یہ کشیترجْن شکتی ‘چیشٹا’ (فعّالیت) کہلاتی ہے اور کرم سے پیدا ہوتی ہے؛ اس بےثبات سنسار میں، اے عظیم خرد والے، یہی بتایا گیا ہے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching to Narada; addressing the listener as ‘nṛpa’ per the verse’s vocative style)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It distinguishes the witnessing Self (kṣetrajña) from the sense of doership: what appears as ‘activity’ is karma-born and belongs to saṃsāra, which is described as lacking true essence—pointing the seeker toward detachment and liberation.
By showing that worldly agency is karma-driven and unstable, it supports bhakti as surrender: offering actions to Bhagavan and loosening identification with doership, which steadies the mind for remembrance and devotion.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; it is primarily a Moksha-Dharma/Vedāntic point about karma-born agency and the kṣetrajña (Self).