Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
सनक उवाच । साधु साधु महाप्राज्ञ मतिस्ते विमलोर्जिता । यस्मात्संसारदुःखान्नो मोक्षोपायमभीप्ससि ॥ ७ ॥
sanaka uvāca | sādhu sādhu mahāprājña matiste vimalorjitā | yasmātsaṃsāraduḥkhānno mokṣopāyamabhīpsasi || 7 ||
サナカは言った。「善いかな、善いかな、大いなる賢者よ。汝の बुद्धि は清らかにして堅固である。なぜなら汝は、輪廻（サンサーラ）の苦より解脱（モークシャ）に至る方便を、我らに求めるからである。」
Sanaka
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
The verse praises the seeker’s purified intellect because the very wish to know the means of moksha (liberation) shows awakening from saṃsāra-duḥkha and readiness for higher instruction.
While bhakti is not explicitly named here, the verse establishes the prerequisite for all liberating paths in the Narada Purana—sincere longing to be freed from saṃsāra—after which devotion to the Lord is taught as a principal mokṣa-upāya in the wider dialogue.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is the discipline of right inquiry—approaching competent sages and asking for mokṣa-upāya as the foundation for later scriptural and ritual instruction.