Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33
Dharmopadeśa-Śānti: Rules of Impurity, Expiations, and Ancestor Rites
कृच्छ्रार्द्धमाचरेज्ज्ञानादैन्दवद्वयम् । मातरं गुरुपत्नीं च दुहितृभगिनीस्नुषाः ॥ ३३ ॥
kṛcchrārddhamācarejjñānādaindavadvayam | mātaraṃ gurupatnīṃ ca duhitṛbhaginīsnuṣāḥ || 33 ||
Nếu biết mình đã phạm lỗi đối với mẹ, vợ của thầy, con gái, chị/em gái hay con dâu, thì phải hành nửa pháp sám hối Kṛcchra, kèm theo trai giới Aindava trong hai ngày, để tẩy trừ tội lỗi.
Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada, teaching dharma and prāyaścitta)
Vrata: Kṛcchrārdha (half-Kṛcchra) with Aindava-dvaya (two-day Aindava fast)
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It underscores that intentional harm or misconduct toward highly protected relations (mother, guru’s wife, and close female kin) is a grave adharma requiring formal prāyaścitta; the aim is moral purification and restoration of dharmic order.
While not directly teaching bhakti practices, it supports bhakti by insisting on ethical purity and restraint; devotion to the Divine is traditionally grounded in right conduct and repentance for intentional wrongdoing.
It reflects dharma-śāstra style procedural knowledge—classification of offenses and prescribed prāyaścitta (Kṛcchra and Aindava observances)—rather than a specific Vedāṅga like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa.