Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8
The Exposition of the Index (Anukramaṇī) of the Śrīmad Bhāgavata
कापिलं सांख्यमप्यत्र तृतीयोऽयमुदाहृतः । सत्याश्चरितमादौ तु ध्रुवस्य चरितं ततः ॥ ८ ॥
kāpilaṃ sāṃkhyamapyatra tṛtīyo'yamudāhṛtaḥ | satyāścaritamādau tu dhruvasya caritaṃ tataḥ || 8 ||
અહીં કાપિલ-સાંખ્યનું પણ નિરૂપણ કરવામાં આવ્યું છે—આ તૃતીય વિષય તરીકે ઉદાહૃત છે. પ્રથમ સત્યનું અદ્ભુત ચરિત્ર, ત્યારબાદ ધ્રુવનું ચરિત્ર વર્ણવાયું છે॥
Suta (narrator) summarizing the contents in the Anukramaṇikā style
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It functions as a contents-marker: it places Kapila’s Sāṅkhya as a doctrinal topic and then points to devotional exemplars (Satya and Dhruva), showing how philosophy and sacred biography are taught together.
By directing the reader from Sāṅkhya teaching to Dhruva’s life-story, it signals that steadfast devotion and remembrance of Viṣṇu (as exemplified by Dhruva) is a practical embodiment of higher knowledge.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; rather, it is an Anukramaṇikā-style organizational note that indexes philosophical and narrative sections.