Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 58
Hari-nāma Mahimā and Caraṇāmṛta: The Redemption of the Hunter Gulika
Uttaṅka Itihāsa
अहो विधिः पापशता कुलं मां किं सृष्टवान्पापतरं च शश्वत् । कथं च यत्पापफलं हि भोक्ष्ये कियत्सु जन्मस्वहमुग्रकर्मा ॥ ५८ ॥
aho vidhiḥ pāpaśatā kulaṃ māṃ kiṃ sṛṣṭavānpāpataraṃ ca śaśvat | kathaṃ ca yatpāpaphalaṃ hi bhokṣye kiyatsu janmasvahamugrakarmā || 58 ||
Than ôi—thật là số phận nghiệt ngã! Vì sao định mệnh lại tạo ta trong một dòng tộc chất chứa trăm điều tội, lại khiến ta ngày càng tội lỗi hơn mãi? Ta, kẻ đã làm nghiệp dữ ghê gớm, sẽ phải chịu quả báo tội lỗi thế nào, và trong bao nhiêu kiếp nữa?
Narada (lamenting in a teaching-dialogue context with the Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
This verse voices intense remorse and karmic awareness: the speaker recognizes that sinful actions (ugra-karma) inevitably yield pāpa-phala that must be experienced across births, prompting a turn toward purification and liberation-oriented dharma.
While not naming bhakti directly, the despair over pāpa-phala is the classic inner catalyst for surrender—seeking refuge in higher guidance and (in Narada Purana’s wider teaching) turning to Vishnu-bhakti and dharmic practice as the means to cleanse sin and redirect one’s destiny.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical causality—actions produce results—forming the foundation upon which Kalpa (ritual/prāyaścitta procedure) and Dharmaśāstra-style discipline operate in later instruction.