Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 55
Śreyas and Paramārtha: The Ribhu–Nidāgha Teaching on Non-Dual Self
Advaita
चेतसो यस्य यत्पृष्टं पुमानेभिर्न युज्यते । क्व निवासस्तवेत्युक्तं क्व गंतासि च यत्त्वया ॥ ५५ ॥
cetaso yasya yatpṛṣṭaṃ pumānebhirna yujyate | kva nivāsastavetyuktaṃ kva gaṃtāsi ca yattvayā || 55 ||
മനസ്സിനെ അതീതമായ സ്വഭാവമുള്ള ആ പുരുഷനെക്കുറിച്ച് മനുഷ്യർ ചോദിക്കുന്നതു യഥാർത്ഥത്തിൽ ചേരുന്നില്ല. അതിനാൽ നീ പറഞ്ഞ ‘നിന്റെ വാസസ്ഥലം എവിടെ? നീ എവിടേക്ക് പോകുന്നു?’ എന്ന ചോദ്യം അവനോട് യോജിക്കുന്നതല്ല.
Sanatkumara (addressing Narada in the Moksha-Dharma dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that the Supreme/Atman is not an object within mental categories; questions of physical location, residence, or movement apply to embodied beings, not to the transcendent Reality.
By removing limiting notions about God—such as “He is only here” or “He goes there”—it supports mature bhakti that worships the all-pervading Lord, not a deity confined by space and change.
It indirectly reinforces the Vedantic discipline of precise inquiry (vicāra): language and conceptual questions must be applied appropriately; otherwise, inquiry becomes a category error when directed at the transcendent.