Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 70
Anadhyaya and the Winds: From Vedic Recitation Protocol to Sanatkumara’s Moksha-Upadesha
नहि त्वां प्रस्थितं कश्चित्पृष्टतोऽनुगमिष्यति । सुकृतं दुष्कृतं च त्वां गच्छंतमनुयास्यतः ॥ ७० ॥
nahi tvāṃ prasthitaṃ kaścitpṛṣṭato'nugamiṣyati | sukṛtaṃ duṣkṛtaṃ ca tvāṃ gacchaṃtamanuyāsyataḥ || 70 ||
جب تم روانہ ہوگے تو پیچھے سے کوئی تمہارے ساتھ نہ چلے گا؛ صرف تمہارے نیک اعمال اور بد اعمال ہی تمہارے ساتھ آگے جائیں گے۔
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada within Moksha-Dharma discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It teaches vairāgya (detachment): at death, social ties and possessions cannot accompany the jīva; only one’s karma—merit and sin—follows and shapes the next state and experience.
By stressing that only inner spiritual capital travels with the soul, it implicitly elevates sādhana—especially Viṣṇu-bhakti and dharmic conduct—as the lasting refuge, rather than reliance on family or worldly support.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught directly here; the practical takeaway is ethical discipline—choose actions that become sukṛta, since karma alone is said to accompany the departing person.