Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27
Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā
Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained
तृतीया प्रकृतिः सैव तुर्या तैरंत्यमायया । आसु तुर्याभवन्मुक्त्यै तिस्रोऽन्याः स्युश्चसंपदे ॥ २७ ॥
tṛtīyā prakṛtiḥ saiva turyā tairaṃtyamāyayā | āsu turyābhavanmuktyai tisro'nyāḥ syuścasaṃpade || 27 ||
Cette troisième modalité de la nature devient elle-même le Quatrième (turīya) par la māyā ultime et transcendante. S’établir en turīya mène à la délivrance; les trois autres demeurent pour l’accomplissement et la prospérité mondains.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a Vedantic/technical register)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It distinguishes liberation-oriented realization (abiding in turīya) from the three ordinary conditions that support worldly aims, teaching that moksha comes from transcending the usual modes through the subtlest veil of māyā.
While stated in a jñāna/vedānta idiom, it supports bhakti by implying that true freedom arises when consciousness rests beyond changing states; devotion to the Supreme is a means to steady the mind into that turīya-abidance.
Rather than a ritual or grammar point, it highlights a technical doctrinal classification (states/modes and turīya) used in śāstric analysis—useful for systematic contemplation and teaching within the Purāṇic-vedāntic framework.