Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8
Saṃsāra-duḥkha: Karmic Descent, Garbhavāsa, Life’s Anxieties, Death, and the Call to Jñāna-Bhakti
मनुष्यजन्म नापि च । चर्मकारचंडालव्याधानापितरजककुंभकारलोहकारस्वर्णकारतंतुवाचसौचिकजटिलसिद्धधावकलेखकभृतकशासनहारिनीचभृत्यद्ररिदहीनांगाधिकांगत्वादि दुःखबहुलज्वरतापशीतश्लेष्मगुल्मपादाक्षिशिरोगर्भपार्श्ववेदनादिदुःखमनुभवंति ॥ ८ ॥
manuṣyajanma nāpi ca | carmakāracaṃḍālavyādhānāpitarajakakuṃbhakāralohakārasvarṇakārataṃtuvācasaucikajaṭilasiddhadhāvakalekhakabhṛtakaśāsanahārinīcabhṛtyadraridahīnāṃgādhikāṃgatvādi duḥkhabahulajvaratāpaśītaśleṣmagulmapādākṣiśirogarbhapārśvavedanādiduḥkhamanubhavaṃti || 8 ||
他们甚至不得真正的人身；反而堕于诸多苦境：或生于卑贱严酷之业（制革者、旃陀罗、猎者、理发者、洗衣者、陶工、铁匠、金匠、织工、裁缝、结发苦行者、所谓“成就者”、洗濯者、书吏、雇工、税吏、仆役等），或为贫困之人，或肢体残缺，或肢体增多。并受种种痛苦：发热、灼烧之热、寒冷、痰病、腹中肿块，以及足、眼、头、胎宫、胁肋等处疼痛与诸般疾苦。
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Purva Bhaga dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
It underscores the Purana’s karmic worldview: actions and tendencies can lead not only to loss of a favorable human condition but also to births marked by hardship—social, economic, and bodily—thereby urging detachment and pursuit of dharma and liberation.
By vividly portraying the instability and pain of worldly embodiment, the verse functions as a motivator for taking refuge in higher practice—especially remembrance and devotion to the Lord—as the secure means to transcend repeated suffering.
No specific Vedanga is taught directly; the practical takeaway is ethical causality (karma-phala) and the need for disciplined conduct and remedial religious practice (dharma, vrata, and devotion) to avoid degrading conditions of birth.