Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 165
Pañca-prakṛti-nirūpaṇa and Mantra-vidhi: Rādhā, Mahālakṣmī, Durgā, Sarasvatī, Sāvitrī; plus Sāvitrī-Pañjara
सर्वकामदुधा सौम्या भवाहंकारवर्जिता । द्विपदा या चतुष्पदा त्रिपदा या च षट्पदा ॥ १६५ ॥
sarvakāmadudhā saumyā bhavāhaṃkāravarjitā | dvipadā yā catuṣpadā tripadā yā ca ṣaṭpadā || 165 ||
Douce et de bon augure, elle fait couler le « lait » de toutes les grâces désirées, exempte du devenir mondain et de l’ego (ahaṅkāra). Elle demeure comme l’être à deux pieds, à quatre pieds, à trois pieds, et aussi à six pieds.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Vedanga/technical classification context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It presents an ideal principle—gentle, beneficent, and ego-free—that pervades all embodied categories, implying that true auspiciousness is universal and not limited by species or form.
By emphasizing freedom from bhava (worldly becoming) and ahaṃkāra (ego), it points to the inner purification that makes devotion fruitful—bhakti becomes ‘sarva-kāmaduhā’ when offered without egoistic ownership.
It reflects a technical, enumerative mode common to Vedanga-style discourse—classifying beings by ‘pāda’ (feet) to systematize knowledge useful for dharmic reflection and ritual-world understanding.