Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 113
Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy
स याति रौरवं घोरं ब्रह्महकत्यां च विन्दति । अन्याचाररतं दृष्ट्वा यः शक्तो न निवारयेत् ॥ ११३ ॥
sa yāti rauravaṃ ghoraṃ brahmahakatyāṃ ca vindati | anyācārarataṃ dṛṣṭvā yaḥ śakto na nivārayet || 113 ||
جو شخص قادر ہو کر بھی بدکرداری میں مبتلا آدمی کو دیکھ کر اسے نہ روکے، وہ ہولناک رَورَوَ نرک میں جاتا ہے اور برہمن ہتیا (برہمن کے قتل) کا پاپ بھی پاتا ہے۔
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: raudra
FAQs
It teaches that dharma includes active responsibility: knowingly allowing wrongdoing when one has the power to prevent it becomes a grave sin with severe afterlife consequences.
Bhakti is supported by sadācāra (right conduct). This verse implies that devotion is not merely personal worship; it must be accompanied by protecting dharma and discouraging adharma when one is able.
It highlights dharma-nīti (practical ethical discipline) as applied conduct—recognizing adharma and taking corrective action—rather than a technical Vedāṅga topic like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa.