Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 69
Yuga-Dharma Framework, Kali-Yuga Diagnosis, and the Hari-Nāma Remedy
Transition to Vedānta Inquiry
व्याधितस्करदुर्भिक्षैः पीडिता अतिमांयिनः । प्रपुष्यंति वृथैवामी न विचार्य च दुष्कृतम् ॥ ६९ ॥
vyādhitaskaradurbhikṣaiḥ pīḍitā atimāṃyinaḥ | prapuṣyaṃti vṛthaivāmī na vicārya ca duṣkṛtam || 69 ||
Bị hành hạ bởi bệnh tật, trộm cướp và nạn đói, kẻ mê muội quá mức vẫn gắng gượng vô ích, chẳng hề suy xét những việc ác của mình.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Purva Bhaga dialogue framework)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka
FAQs
It links outer calamities (illness, theft, famine) with inner blindness (moha), teaching that suffering persists when one refuses self-examination and correction of duṣkṛta (wrongdoing).
By highlighting moha and lack of reflection as the root problem, it implicitly points to bhakti and sāttvika living as a corrective—turning the mind toward the Divine and away from fruitless worldly struggle.
The verse is primarily ethical (dharma/karma) rather than technical Vedanga; the practical takeaway is viveka—discernment and self-review of conduct—before pursuing remedies for external crises.