Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
Janaka’s Quest for Liberation; Pañcaśikha’s Sāṅkhya on Renunciation, Elements, Guṇas, and the Deathless State
तस्य पंचशिखः शिष्यो मानुष्या पयसा भृतः । ब्राह्मणी कपिली नाम काचिदासीत्कुटुम्बिनी ॥ १६ ॥
tasya paṃcaśikhaḥ śiṣyo mānuṣyā payasā bhṛtaḥ | brāhmaṇī kapilī nāma kācidāsītkuṭumbinī || 16 ||
Il eut un disciple nommé Pañcaśikha, nourri de lait humain. Il y avait aussi une brāhmaṇī, maîtresse de maison, du nom de Kapilī.
Narada (narrating within the Moksha-dharma discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It introduces key characters (Pañcaśikha and the householder Brahmin woman Kapilī), setting up a dharma-and-mokṣa teaching through a lived, human narrative rather than abstract doctrine.
This specific verse does not directly teach bhakti; it frames the story’s participants, through whom later instruction typically connects dharma in household life with liberation-oriented devotion.
No Vedāṅga topic (such as śikṣā, vyākaraṇa, chandas, nirukta, kalpa, or jyotiṣa) is explicitly taught in this verse; it functions as narrative groundwork for subsequent instruction.