Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 2
गङ्गामाहात्म्य — The Greatness of the Gaṅgā
गते वर्षार्द्धके काले ज्येष्ठा राज्ञी तु या द्विज । तस्याः पापमतिर्जाता सपत्न्याः सम्पदं प्रति ॥ २ ॥
gate varṣārddhake kāle jyeṣṭhā rājñī tu yā dvija | tasyāḥ pāpamatirjātā sapatnyāḥ sampadaṃ prati || 2 ||
جب برسات کا آدھا زمانہ گزر گیا، اے دِوِج، تو بڑی رانی نے اپنی سوتن کی خوشحالی کے بارے میں پاپ بھری نیت باندھی۔
Suta (narrator) describing the episode (dialogue context within Narada Purana narrative)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: raudra
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It highlights how envy toward another’s prosperity gives rise to pāpa-mati (sinful intention), a seed of negative karma that obstructs dharma and inner purity.
By implication, bhakti requires a clean heart—freedom from jealousy and malice—since devotion to Vishnu is strengthened by virtues like goodwill and contentment rather than rivalry.
No specific Vedanga is taught directly in this verse; it primarily uses a puranic narrative to convey moral psychology and karmic causality rather than ritual, grammar, or astrology.