Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
Vyākaraṇa-saṅgraha: Pada–Vibhakti–Kāraka–Lakāra–Samāsa
जातार्थे लज्जितोऽत्यर्थे श्रेयाञ्छ्रेष्टश्च नारद । कृष्णतरः शुक्लतमः किम आख्यानतोऽव्ययान् ॥ ५९ ॥
jātārthe lajjito'tyarthe śreyāñchreṣṭaśca nārada | kṛṣṇataraḥ śuklatamaḥ kima ākhyānato'vyayān || 59 ||
O Nārada, einer mag über weltliche Ziele zutiefst beschämt sein und dennoch „heilsamer“ und „der vortrefflichste“ genannt werden. Welchen Nutzen hat es dann, Unvergängliches mit bloßen Vergleichen wie „dunkler“ oder „weißer“ zu erzählen?
Sanatkumara (addressing Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: hasya
FAQs
It cautions that liberation-oriented wisdom should not get trapped in superficial comparisons or descriptive extremes; the imperishable truth is realized, not merely “told” through relative labels.
By implying that devotion should move beyond external or comparative judgments and become inwardly steady—aimed at the imperishable reality (the Lord as the eternal refuge), not at rhetorical distinctions.
A Vyākaraṇa-style sensitivity to degrees and comparisons is implied (kṛṣṇatara/śuklatama), but the takeaway is practical: linguistic refinement alone is not the goal unless it serves realization of the imperishable.