Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 40
Jīva–Ātman Inquiry; Kṣetrajña Doctrine; Karma-based Varṇa; Four Āśramas and Sannyāsa Discipline
यदा न रूपं न स्पर्शो नोष्यभवश्च पावके । तदा शांते शरीराग्नौ देहत्यागेन नश्यति ॥ ४० ॥
yadā na rūpaṃ na sparśo noṣyabhavaśca pāvake | tadā śāṃte śarīrāgnau dehatyāgena naśyati || 40 ||
火の中に形も触れも熱の相もなくなるとき、そのとき—身の火が静まり消えたなら—身を捨てることによってそれは滅する。
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It uses the metaphor of fire losing its perceptible qualities (form, touch, heat) to indicate that when the sustaining vital heat of embodied life is extinguished, the embodied condition ends—pointing to dispassion and discernment between Self and body.
By highlighting the perishability of the body and its sensory markers, it supports Bhakti as inward anchoring in the imperishable Lord rather than identification with bodily states—devotion matures as attachment to rupa/sparsha is released.
No specific Vedanga procedure is taught; the verse is primarily tattva-vicara (metaphysical inquiry) using elemental reasoning (agni and its qualities) rather than a ritual, grammatical, or astrological instruction.