Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 35
Janaka’s Quest for Liberation; Pañcaśikha’s Sāṅkhya on Renunciation, Elements, Guṇas, and the Deathless State
कथमस्मिन्स इत्येव संबंधः स्यादसंहितः । एवं सति च का प्रीहिर्ज्ञानविद्यातपोबलैः ॥ ३५ ॥
kathamasminsa ityeva saṃbaṃdhaḥ syādasaṃhitaḥ | evaṃ sati ca kā prīhirjñānavidyātapobalaiḥ || 35 ||
How could there be any coherent connection here—this notion of “he is in this”? And if that were so, what true satisfaction could arise from knowledge, learning, austerity (tapas), or even power?
Sanatkumara (addressing Narada in the Moksha-dharma instruction)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It questions an ungrounded claim of “God/That is in this” unless the sambandha (true relation) is properly realized; without that coherence, even knowledge, learning, austerity, and powers cannot yield lasting inner fulfillment.
By implying that satisfaction (prīti) does not arise from mere attainments, it points toward genuine inner connection—bhakti grounded in right understanding—rather than pride in learning, tapas, or siddhi-like power.
It indirectly critiques reliance on vidyā as mere scholarship (including Vedanga-style learning such as Vyākaraṇa or other technical disciplines) when it is not integrated into realized sambandha and lived spiritual transformation.