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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8

Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola

Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography

ज्ञातृज्ञेयाद्युपाधिस्ते यदा नश्यति नारद । सर्वैकभावना बुद्धिः सा विद्येत्यभिधीयते ॥ ८ ॥

jñātṛjñeyādyupādhiste yadā naśyati nārada | sarvaikabhāvanā buddhiḥ sā vidyetyabhidhīyate || 8 ||

おおナーラダよ、「知る者」と「知られるもの」などの限定する付帯(ウパーディ)が滅するとき、万有を一として観ずる बुद्धि(ブッディ)こそ、真の知(ヴィディヤー)と宣言される。

ज्ञातृ-ज्ञेय-आदि-उपाधिःthe limiting adjunct consisting of knower, known, etc.
ज्ञातृ-ज्ञेय-आदि-उपाधिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञातृ (प्रातिपदिक) + ज्ञेय (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + उपाधि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (ज्ञातृ-ज्ञेय-आदि-उपाधिः = ‘knower/known etc. as limiting adjunct’)
तेof you/your
ते:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
यदाwhen
यदा:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Time)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयदा (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)
नश्यतिperishes/disappears
नश्यति:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootनश् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
नारदO Nārada
नारद:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
TypeNoun
Rootनारद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन
सर्व-एक-भावना(having) contemplation of the oneness of all
सर्व-एक-भावना:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + एक (प्रातिपदिक) + भावना (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सर्वेषाम् एकत्व-भावना = ‘contemplation of oneness of all’)
बुद्धिःthe intellect/understanding
बुद्धिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootबुद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
साthat
सा:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
विद्याknowledge
विद्या:
Pratijna (प्रतीज्ञा/Predicate nominative)
TypeNoun
Rootविद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Quotation marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formउद्धरण/निगमनार्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)
अभिधीयतेis called/said to be
अभिधीयते:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअभि-धा (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive)

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

N
Narada

FAQs

It defines vidyā as the collapse of subject–object limitation (upādhi) and the rise of one-vision (sarvaika-bhāvanā), pointing directly to mokṣa-oriented realization.

By dissolving the sense of separation (knower vs. known), devotion matures into unbroken remembrance and seeing the Lord’s presence in all—supporting the Narada Purana’s Vishnu-bhakti orientation.

No specific Vedāṅga technique (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is contemplative discipline—retraining buddhi toward sarvaika-bhāvanā (one-pointed, non-dual vision).