Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 82
Janaka’s Quest for Liberation; Pañcaśikha’s Sāṅkhya on Renunciation, Elements, Guṇas, and the Deathless State
तथा विमुक्तः प्रजहाति दुःखं विध्वंसते लोष्टमिवादिमृच्छन् । यथा रुरुः शृंगमथो पुराणं हित्वा त्वचं वाप्युरगो यथा च ॥ ८२ ॥
tathā vimuktaḥ prajahāti duḥkhaṃ vidhvaṃsate loṣṭamivādimṛcchan | yathā ruruḥ śṛṃgamatho purāṇaṃ hitvā tvacaṃ vāpyurago yathā ca || 82 ||
അങ്ങനെ വിമുക്തൻ ദുഃഖം ഉപേക്ഷിച്ച്, കാൽക്കീഴിലെ മണ്ണുകട്ടപോലെ അതിനെ തകർത്തുകളയുന്നു. റുരു മാൻ പഴയ കൊമ്പ് വിട്ടുകളയുന്നതുപോലെയും, സർപ്പം ജീർണ്ണചർമ്മം ഉപേക്ഷിക്കുന്നതുപോലെയും.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada on Moksha-Dharma)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It teaches that liberation is not merely endurance of suffering but the complete dropping of sorrow through inner freedom—like something worn-out that is decisively cast off.
Though framed in Moksha-Dharma language, it supports Bhakti by implying that surrender and single-pointed refuge in the Divine uproots duḥkha, leaving the devotee unattached like a snake shedding its skin.
No specific Vedanga (Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, etc.) is taught here; the practical takeaway is contemplative discipline—cultivating vairāgya so sorrow is abandoned rather than repeatedly entertained.