Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
प्राणिभिः कर्मजालानि क्रियंते प्रत्यहं भृशम् । भुज्यंते च मुनिश्रेष्ठ तेषां नाशः कथं भवेत् ॥ ३ ॥
prāṇibhiḥ karmajālāni kriyaṃte pratyahaṃ bhṛśam | bhujyaṃte ca muniśreṣṭha teṣāṃ nāśaḥ kathaṃ bhavet || 3 ||
Chúng sinh mỗi ngày đều tạo nên một mạng lưới nghiệp dày đặc; lại còn thọ nhận quả báo của nó (vui hay khổ). Ôi bậc hiền triết tối thượng, vậy kho nghiệp ấy làm sao có thể chấm dứt được?
Narada (questioning a senior sage in the dialogue, traditionally Sanatkumara)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
The verse frames a core mokṣa problem: beings keep creating karma daily while also undergoing fruits, so liberation cannot be guaranteed by “waiting it out.” It pushes the teaching toward a higher solution—knowledge, detachment, and/or devotion that ends karma at its root.
Indirectly, it motivates bhakti by showing the futility of merely cycling through actions and results. In Narada Purana’s devotional theology, surrender to Vishnu and single-minded bhakti is presented as a means to cut karmic bondage rather than endlessly adding to it.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this line; it is a philosophical prompt about karma theory (action, fruit, and bondage) that sets up mokṣa instruction rather than technical ritual or linguistic detail.