Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 49
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
अनादिनिधना तत्त्वं कलाख्यं जनयत्यपि । एकतस्तु नृणां येन कलयित्वा मलं ततः ॥ ४९ ॥
anādinidhanā tattvaṃ kalākhyaṃ janayatyapi | ekatastu nṛṇāṃ yena kalayitvā malaṃ tataḥ || 49 ||
Die anfangs- und endlose Wirklichkeit bringt auch das Prinzip hervor, das «Kalā» genannt wird. Durch es wird das mala—die Unreinheit der Menschen—abgemessen und entsprechend zugeteilt.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents Kalā as a manifested power arising from the eternal Reality, which regulates embodied life by apportioning “mala” (defilement), implying that bondage operates through measurable, governed principles—not randomness.
By identifying impurity (mala) as something regulated and knowable, the verse supports the bhakti framework where disciplined purification—through devotion, vows, and right conduct—can counteract the conditions that obscure realization of the eternal tattva.
The verse uses the technical idea of “kalā/kalanā” (measurement, regulation), aligning with Vedāṅga-style analytical thinking (especially Jyotiṣa and systematic enumeration of principles) to explain how time/measure relates to embodied impurity.