Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 34
Threefold Suffering, Twofold Knowledge, and the Definition of Bhagavān (Vāsudeva); Prelude to Keśidhvaja–Janaka Yoga
तदीक्षणाय स्वाध्यायश्चक्षुर्योगस्तथापरम् । न मांसचक्षुषा द्रष्टुं ब्रह्मभूतः स शक्यते ॥ ३३ ॥
tadīkṣaṇāya svādhyāyaścakṣuryogastathāparam | na māṃsacakṣuṣā draṣṭuṃ brahmabhūtaḥ sa śakyate || 33 ||
To behold That Supreme Reality, the ‘eye’ is svādhyāya and likewise the higher discipline of yoga. One who has become Brahman cannot be seen with the fleshly eye.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-dharma dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that Brahman-realization is an inner seeing gained through svādhyāya and yoga, not an object for ordinary sensory perception.
By implying that true ‘darśana’ requires inner purification and steady contemplation; bhakti matures into inward absorption where the Divine is known beyond the senses.
Svādhyāya points to disciplined Vedic recitation and study supported by śikṣā (phonetics) and vyākaraṇa (grammar), used as a means to refine understanding and contemplation.