Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
सप्तग्रंथिविधानस्य यत्तद्गौणस्यकारणम् । गुणानामविभागोऽत्र ह्याधारे क्ष्मादिभागवत् ॥ ६४ ॥
saptagraṃthividhānasya yattadgauṇasyakāraṇam | guṇānāmavibhāgo'tra hyādhāre kṣmādibhāgavat || 64 ||
La raison pour laquelle on évoque le (dit) schéma secondaire de l’agencement « aux sept nœuds » est la suivante : dans le substrat porteur ici, les qualités (guṇa) ne sont pas séparément divisées, tout comme, dans une base composite, les parts de terre et des autres éléments ne se trouvent pas à l’état isolé.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a Vedanga/technical context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
It stresses that reality at the foundational level is a mixture of constituents (guṇas), so rigid, purely separated classifications are only secondary; discernment must account for the blended nature of prakṛti in the substratum.
By showing that the guṇas are intermingled in the basis of experience, it implicitly supports Bhakti as a stabilizing orientation beyond guṇa-fluctuations—turning the mind from mixed material qualities toward the Lord who transcends them.
A technical principle used in śāstric analysis: categories can be ‘gauṇa’ (derivative) when the underlying basis contains inseparable mixtures—an interpretive rule relevant to systematic disciplines (e.g., nirukta/semantic analysis and śāstra classification).