Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 35
Threefold Suffering, Twofold Knowledge, and the Definition of Bhagavān (Vāsudeva); Prelude to Keśidhvaja–Janaka Yoga
नारद उवाच । भगवंस्तमहं योगं ज्ञातुमिच्छामि तं वद । ज्ञाते यन्नाखिलाधारं पश्येयं परमेश्वरम् ॥ ३४ ॥
nārada uvāca | bhagavaṃstamahaṃ yogaṃ jñātumicchāmi taṃ vada | jñāte yannākhilādhāraṃ paśyeyaṃ parameśvaram || 34 ||
Nārada sprach: „O Gesegneter, verkünde mir jenen Yoga, den ich zu erkennen wünsche. Wenn ich ihn erkannt habe, möge ich den höchsten Herrn schauen, die Stütze von allem, das Fundament des ganzen Universums.“
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames liberation as direct realization (darśana) of Parameśvara, the universal support, and asks for the specific yoga whose knowledge culminates in that vision.
Though phrased as “yoga,” the goal is beholding the Supreme Lord; in the Narada Purana’s Moksha-Dharma context, such yoga is commonly fulfilled through single-pointed devotion and remembrance of the Lord as the आधार of all.
No Vedāṅga technique (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa ritual procedure) is taught in this verse; it is a doctrinal prompt directing the listener toward an upāya (yoga) for realization rather than a technical rule.