Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64
सप्तग्रंथिविधानस्य यत्तद्गौणस्यकारणम् । गुणानामविभागोऽत्र ह्याधारे क्ष्मादिभागवत् ॥ ६४ ॥
saptagraṃthividhānasya yattadgauṇasyakāraṇam | guṇānāmavibhāgo'tra hyādhāre kṣmādibhāgavat || 64 ||
Der Grund, weshalb von der (sogenannten) sekundären Ordnung der „siebenknotigen“ Anordnung gesprochen wird, ist dieser: Im zugrunde liegenden Träger sind die Qualitäten (guṇas) hier nicht getrennt aufgeteilt—so wie in einer zusammengesetzten Grundlage die Anteile von Erde und den übrigen Elementen nicht isoliert vorliegen.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a Vedanga/technical context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It stresses that reality at the foundational level is a mixture of constituents (guṇas), so rigid, purely separated classifications are only secondary; discernment must account for the blended nature of prakṛti in the substratum.
By showing that the guṇas are intermingled in the basis of experience, it implicitly supports Bhakti as a stabilizing orientation beyond guṇa-fluctuations—turning the mind from mixed material qualities toward the Lord who transcends them.
A technical principle used in śāstric analysis: categories can be ‘gauṇa’ (derivative) when the underlying basis contains inseparable mixtures—an interpretive rule relevant to systematic disciplines (e.g., nirukta/semantic analysis and śāstra classification).