Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 11
Janaka’s Quest for Liberation; Pañcaśikha’s Sāṅkhya on Renunciation, Elements, Guṇas, and the Deathless State
यमाहुः कपिलं सांख्याः परमर्षि प्रजापतिम् । स मन्ये तेन रूपेण विख्यापयति हि स्वयम् ॥ ११ ॥
yamāhuḥ kapilaṃ sāṃkhyāḥ paramarṣi prajāpatim | sa manye tena rūpeṇa vikhyāpayati hi svayam || 11 ||
Den, den die Sankhya-Weisen Kapila nennen — den höchsten Seher und einen Prajāpati —, so meine ich, macht er sich gerade in dieser Gestalt selbst kund.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It affirms that the supreme principle can be recognized through a specific revealed identity—here, Kapila—showing how transcendent truth becomes knowable through an authoritative form and teaching tradition (Sāṅkhya) in the context of mokṣa-dharma.
Even while referencing Sāṅkhya (a jñāna-oriented path), the verse implies a devotional insight: the Lord (or the highest reality) compassionately self-manifests in a form that seekers can honor, remember, and follow—supporting Vishnu Bhakti through accessible revelation.
The verse chiefly reflects darśana (Sāṅkhya) rather than a Vedāṅga; practically, it highlights disciplined doctrinal classification and precise naming/definition (a Vyākaraṇa-like clarity in terminology) to recognize an authoritative teacher-form such as Kapila.