Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 81
Anadhyaya and the Winds: From Vedic Recitation Protocol to Sanatkumara’s Moksha-Upadesha
इत्येष सप्तदशको राशिख्यक्तसंज्ञकः । सर्वैरिहेंद्रियार्थैश्च व्यक्ताव्यक्तैर्हि हितम् ॥ ८१ ॥
ityeṣa saptadaśako rāśikhyaktasaṃjñakaḥ | sarvairiheṃdriyārthaiśca vyaktāvyaktairhi hitam || 81 ||
এইদৰে সতৰ তত্ত্বৰ এই সমষ্টিক ‘ব্যক্ত’ বুলি কোৱা হয়। ইয়াত সকলো ইন্দ্ৰিয়-বিষয়েৰে যুক্ত হৈ, ব্যক্ত-অব্যক্ত বোধৰ আধাৰ হয়।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-Dharma dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames the ‘seventeenfold aggregate’ as the domain of manifest experience (sense-objects and related categories), helping the seeker discriminate the seen (vyakta) from the unseen (avyakta) as a step toward liberation.
By clarifying what belongs to the manifest field of experience, it supports detachment and right discernment; such clarity steadies the mind, making devotion to the Supreme (beyond vyakta/avyakta) more single-pointed.
The verse aligns with systematic enumeration and classification used in śāstric analysis (akin to Sāṅkhya-style tattva-vicāra), a method that supports precise doctrinal understanding rather than a ritual or grammar rule directly.