Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 50
Śokanivāraṇa: Non-brooding, Impermanence, Contentment, and Śuka’s Renunciation
विनश्यति विनाशांते नावि नावमिवाचलाम् । संगत्या जठरे न्यस्तं रेतोबिंदुमचेतनम् ॥ ५० ॥
vinaśyati vināśāṃte nāvi nāvamivācalām | saṃgatyā jaṭhare nyastaṃ retobiṃdumacetanam || 50 ||
Au temps de la dissolution, tout périt—tel un bateau sur la mer, quoique semblant stable. De même, par la seule conjonction, une goutte de semence inerte est déposée dans le sein maternel.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
It stresses radical impermanence: even what appears stable (like a boat that seems steady) is doomed at dissolution, and the embodied condition begins from an insentient seed—prompting detachment (vairagya) and pursuit of moksha.
By highlighting the fragility and non-self nature of the body’s origin and end, it redirects reliance away from physical identity toward seeking the imperishable refuge—typically expressed in the Narada Purana as devotion to the Supreme (especially Vishnu) as the stable support beyond pralaya.
No specific Vedanga method is taught directly; the verse uses a philosophical-anatomical observation about conception (retobindu in the womb) to support Moksha-Dharma reflection rather than ritual, grammar, or astrology.