Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 117
Jīva–Ātman Inquiry; Kṣetrajña Doctrine; Karma-based Varṇa; Four Āśramas and Sannyāsa Discipline
अपि चात्र माल्याभरणवस्त्राभ्यंगनित्योपभोगनृत्यगीतवादित्रश्रुतिसुखनयनस्नेहरामादर्शनानां । प्राप्तिर्भक्ष्यभोज्यलेह्यपेयचोष्याणामभ्यवहार्य्याणां विविधानामुपभोगः ॥ ११७ ॥
api cātra mālyābharaṇavastrābhyaṃganityopabhoganṛtyagītavāditraśrutisukhanayanasneharāmādarśanānāṃ | prāptirbhakṣyabhojyalehyapeyacoṣyāṇāmabhyavahāryyāṇāṃ vividhānāmupabhogaḥ || 117 ||
കൂടാതെ ഇവിടെ (ഭോഗാവസ്ഥയിൽ) മാലകൾ, ആഭരണങ്ങൾ, വസ്ത്രങ്ങൾ, തൈലാഭ്യംഗം, നിത്യോപഭോഗങ്ങൾ—നൃത്തം, ഗാനം, വാദ്യങ്ങൾ, മധുരശ്രവണം, മനോഹരദർശനം, സ്നേഹം, സുന്ദരിമാരുടെ ദർശനം—ഇവ ലഭിക്കുന്നു. അതുപോലെ ഭക്ഷ്യ, ഭോജ്യ, ലേഹ്യ, പേയ, ചോഷ്യ എന്നീ പലവിധ ആഹാരഭോഗങ്ങളും അനുഭവിക്കുന്നു.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shringara
Secondary Rasa: bhoga/adbhuta
FAQs
The verse catalogues refined sense-pleasures (sound, sight, touch, taste) to show the full range of bhoga that karma can yield—implying their attractiveness yet their limitation, thus preparing the mind for vairagya and moksha-oriented discernment.
By highlighting the completeness of worldly enjoyments, the text implicitly contrasts them with the steadier fulfillment sought through Narada Purana’s moksha-dharma—where turning the mind from transient pleasures toward Bhagavan (Vishnu) is presented as the higher aim.
A practical dharmic classification of consumables is given—bhakṣya, bhojya, lehya, peya, coṣya—useful for ritual and etiquette contexts (what is ‘fit to be consumed’), though the verse is primarily ethical-philosophical rather than a direct Vedanga instruction.