Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 9
Uttaraloka
Northern Higher World), Dharma–Adharma Viveka, and Adhyatma-Prashna (Prelude
इह धर्मपराः केचित्केचिन्नैष्कृतिका नराः । सुखिता दुःखिताः केचिन्निर्धना धनिनो परे ॥ ९ ॥
iha dharmaparāḥ kecitkecinnaiṣkṛtikā narāḥ | sukhitā duḥkhitāḥ kecinnirdhanā dhanino pare || 9 ||
在此世间，有些人笃行达摩，有些人却无道德约束；有些人安乐，有些人忧苦；有些人贫乏，有些人富足。
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-Dharma section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It points to the observable diversity of human states—virtue and vice, happiness and sorrow, poverty and wealth—setting up a Moksha-Dharma reflection that worldly conditions vary and should be interpreted through dharma and karmic causality rather than mere chance.
By contrasting dharma-oriented people with the morally unrestrained, it implicitly supports the bhakti-friendly Purāṇic emphasis that disciplined living (dharma) stabilizes the mind and prepares one for sustained devotion and liberation-oriented practice.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical discernment (dharma vs. adharma) as a foundation that complements Vedic disciplines like ritual practice and scriptural study.