Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 39
Jīva–Ātman Inquiry; Kṣetrajña Doctrine; Karma-based Varṇa; Four Āśramas and Sannyāsa Discipline
पंचात्मके पंचगुणप्रदर्शी स सर्वगात्रानुगतोंऽतरात्मा । सवेति दुःखानि सुखानि चात्र तद्विप्रयोगात्तु न वेत्ति देहम् ॥ ३९ ॥
paṃcātmake paṃcaguṇapradarśī sa sarvagātrānugatoṃ'tarātmā | saveti duḥkhāni sukhāni cātra tadviprayogāttu na vetti deham || 39 ||
الذاتُ الباطنة، الكامنة في الجسد ذي الخمسة والمُظهِرة لخصائص الحواس الخمس، تسري في جميع الأعضاء بوصفها الآتمن الساكن في الداخل. وهي التي تعرف هنا الآلامَ واللذات؛ فإذا فارقته لم يعرف الجسد شيئًا.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It teaches ātma-anātma-viveka: the Ātman alone is the conscious knower of pleasure and pain, while the body—made of the five elements and engaged with the five sense-objects—is inert without the indwelling Self.
By clarifying that true awareness belongs to the inner Self, it supports bhakti as inward surrender: devotion shifts attention from bodily sensations to the indwelling Lord/Self who illumines all experience.
It reflects sāṅkhya-like tattva discrimination (five elements and sense-objects) used in moksha instruction; while not a direct Vedāṅga rule, it practically guides disciplined practice by separating the seer (Ātman) from sensory fields.