Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā
यदाऽसृजत्सहस्त्राणि भूतानां स महामतिः । पश्चात्तेष्वेव भूतत्वं कथं समुपपद्यते ॥ ५९ ॥
yadā'sṛjatsahastrāṇi bhūtānāṃ sa mahāmatiḥ | paścātteṣveva bhūtatvaṃ kathaṃ samupapadyate || 59 ||
Lorsque ce grand esprit créa des milliers d’êtres, comment se fait-il qu’ensuite on dise que, dans ces mêmes êtres, renaît encore l’état de créature, l’existence incarnée ?
Narada (questioning in dialogue with Sanatkumara)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It frames a core Moksha-Dharma inquiry: if beings were already created, what principle makes them fall into (or re-enter) embodied creaturehood—pointing toward the doctrines of karma, avidya, and bondage that must be overcome for liberation.
By highlighting the problem of recurring embodied existence, the verse implicitly motivates the need for a liberating means; in the Narada Purana’s Moksha-Dharma tone, Vishnu-bhakti is presented as a direct purifier that loosens bondage and ends repeated embodiment.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Shiksha, Jyotisha, Kalpa) is taught in this verse; it is primarily a philosophical question about causality in creation and the re-arising of embodied status (bhutatva).