Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 63
Gaṅgā-māhātmya: Bāhu’s Envy, Defeat, Forest Exile, and Aurva’s Dharmic Consolation
हन्ति पाति च गोविन्दो जन्तून्कर्मवशे स्थितान् । प्रवादं रोपयन्त्यज्ञा हेतुमात्रेषु जन्तुषु ॥ ६३ ॥
hanti pāti ca govindo jantūnkarmavaśe sthitān | pravādaṃ ropayantyajñā hetumātreṣu jantuṣu || 63 ||
众生各住于自业之权下，戈文达既能降伏亦能护持。然而无明之人却把责难与诽谤栽在区区次要因缘上——只怪众生与器具而已。
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that outcomes—protection or destruction—ultimately unfold under Govinda’s governance through the law of karma, and that spiritual maturity means not blaming mere instruments but understanding the deeper order.
Bhakti here is expressed as seeing Govinda’s supreme oversight behind life’s changes, replacing resentment and blame with surrender, trust, and devotion to Vishnu as the inner ruler (antaryāmin).
The verse most directly reinforces dharma-śāstric reasoning about karma and agency (hetu vs. nimitta), rather than a specific Vedanga; it cautions against faulty attribution of causality in ethical judgment.