Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 42
Dhvaja-Dhāraṇa Mahātmyam: Sumati–Satyamatī, Humility, and Deliverance by Hari’s Messengers
ग्रीष्मतापार्द्दिता बाह्ये स्वान्ते चाधिनिपूडिता । इमां दुःखार्दितां दृष्ट्वा जाता मे विपुला दया ॥ ४२ ॥
grīṣmatāpārdditā bāhye svānte cādhinipūḍitā | imāṃ duḥkhārditāṃ dṛṣṭvā jātā me vipulā dayā || 42 ||
گرمی کی تپش سے باہر سے جھلس رہی تھی اور اندر سے دل میں بھی دباؤ سے ستائی ہوئی؛ اسے یوں دکھ سے بے قرار دیکھ کر میرے دل میں بڑی رحمت جاگ اٹھی۔
Narada (narrating his response within the dialogue context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna (compassion)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
FAQs
It highlights dayā (compassion) as an immediate inner awakening upon witnessing suffering—an essential dharmic quality that prepares the mind for devotion and higher discernment.
By showing that a softened heart—moved by others’ pain—naturally turns toward righteous action and remembrance of the Divine; in Narada’s ethos, compassion supports sattva and makes bhakti steady.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical cultivation (dayā) as a prerequisite for effective mantra-japa, vrata, and other disciplines described elsewhere in the Narada Purana.