Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 82
Janaka’s Quest for Liberation; Pañcaśikha’s Sāṅkhya on Renunciation, Elements, Guṇas, and the Deathless State
तथा विमुक्तः प्रजहाति दुःखं विध्वंसते लोष्टमिवादिमृच्छन् । यथा रुरुः शृंगमथो पुराणं हित्वा त्वचं वाप्युरगो यथा च ॥ ८२ ॥
tathā vimuktaḥ prajahāti duḥkhaṃ vidhvaṃsate loṣṭamivādimṛcchan | yathā ruruḥ śṛṃgamatho purāṇaṃ hitvā tvacaṃ vāpyurago yathā ca || 82 ||
Ainsi, le libéré abandonne la souffrance et la brise, tel une motte de terre écrasée sous le pied. Comme le cerf ruru qui délaisse son vieux bois, et comme le serpent qui laisse sa peau usée.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada on Moksha-Dharma)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It teaches that liberation is not merely endurance of suffering but the complete dropping of sorrow through inner freedom—like something worn-out that is decisively cast off.
Though framed in Moksha-Dharma language, it supports Bhakti by implying that surrender and single-pointed refuge in the Divine uproots duḥkha, leaving the devotee unattached like a snake shedding its skin.
No specific Vedanga (Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, etc.) is taught here; the practical takeaway is contemplative discipline—cultivating vairāgya so sorrow is abandoned rather than repeatedly entertained.