Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 80
The Greatness of the Gaṅgā (Gaṅgā-māhātmya): Saudāsa/Kalmāṣapāda’s Curse and Release
प्रमत्तोऽहं महाभाग विद्यया वयसा धनैः । औदासीन्यं गुरोः कृत्वा प्रात्पवानीदृशीं गतिम् ॥ ८० ॥
pramatto'haṃ mahābhāga vidyayā vayasā dhanaiḥ | audāsīnyaṃ guroḥ kṛtvā prātpavānīdṛśīṃ gatim || 80 ||
اے صاحبِ نصیب! علم، جوانی اور دولت کے غرور میں میں غافل ہو گیا؛ استاد کے ساتھ بےرخی کر کے آج ایسی حالت کو پہنچا ہوں۔
Narada (confessional narration within the teacher-disciple dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna (compassion)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
FAQs
It warns that pride arising from knowledge, youth, and wealth leads to pramāda (spiritual negligence), and that indifference toward one’s guru results in a harmful spiritual and moral downfall.
Bhakti is grounded in humility and reverence; by admitting fault toward the guru, the seeker turns from ego to surrender—an essential inner disposition for steady devotion to Bhagavan.
A practical takeaway is the discipline of śikṣā and ācāra—right conduct and respectful learning under a teacher—showing that scholarship without proper guru-sevā becomes spiritually unfruitful.