Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 92
Śreyas and Paramārtha: The Ribhu–Nidāgha Teaching on Non-Dual Self
Advaita
सनंदन उवाच । इतीरितस्तेन स राजवर्यस्तत्याज भेदं परमार्थदृष्टिः । स चापि जातिस्मरणावबोदस्तत्रैव जन्मन्यपवर्गमाप ॥ ९२ ॥
sanaṃdana uvāca | itīritastena sa rājavaryastatyāja bhedaṃ paramārthadṛṣṭiḥ | sa cāpi jātismaraṇāvabodastatraiva janmanyapavargamāpa || 92 ||
സനന്ദനൻ പറഞ്ഞു—അവന്റെ ഉപദേശത്താൽ ആ രാജശ്രേഷ്ഠൻ പരമാർത്ഥദൃഷ്ടിയോടെ ഭേദബുദ്ധി ഉപേക്ഷിച്ചു. ജന്മസ്മരണത്തിൽ നിന്നുള്ള ബോധം ലഭിച്ച് അതേ ജന്മത്തിൽ തന്നെ അപവർഗ്ഗം, അഥവാ മോക്ഷം, പ്രാപിച്ചു.
Sanandana
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It states that right instruction culminates in paramārtha-dṛṣṭi (vision of ultimate reality), by which one drops bheda-buddhi (the sense of separateness) and can attain apavarga (final liberation) even within the same lifetime.
While the verse speaks in the language of jñāna (non-difference and ultimate vision), in the Narada Purana this maturity typically supports pure devotion—because seeing the one Reality removes egoic separation, making surrender and single-pointed worship natural and unwavering.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is sādhanā-oriented—listen to true instruction (upadeśa), cultivate paramārtha-dṛṣṭi, and practice inner discernment that dissolves bheda-buddhi.