Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 39
Vyākaraṇa-saṅgraha: Pada–Vibhakti–Kāraka–Lakāra–Samāsa
प्रत्यङ् पुमान्महान् धीमान् विद्वान्षट् पिपठीश्च दोः । उशनासाविंमे पुंसि स्यारक्तलविरामकाः ॥ ३९ ॥
pratyaṅ pumānmahān dhīmān vidvānṣaṭ pipaṭhīśca doḥ | uśanāsāviṃme puṃsi syāraktalavirāmakāḥ || 39 ||
അന്തർമുഖനായ പുരുഷൻ മഹാൻ—ബുദ്ധിയിൽ സ്ഥിരനും യഥാർത്ഥ പണ്ഡിതനും. ആ പുരുഷനിൽ ആറു (അന്തരനിയമങ്ങൾ) സുസ്വാധ്യായമായതും, രണ്ട് (ബാഹ്യേന്ദ്രിയങ്ങൾ) നിയന്ത്രിതമായതും ആകുന്നു; അതിനാൽ രാഗവും ആസക്തിയും ശമിക്കുന്നു।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-dharma section)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It praises the pratyak (inward-turned) seeker as truly wise: mastery of inner disciplines and restraint of outward impulses leads to the cessation of passion and attachment, which is a direct marker of progress toward moksha.
By emphasizing inwardness and restraint, it supports bhakti as a focused, single-pointed turning of the mind away from sense-objects and toward the Lord within; devotion becomes steady when passion and attachment subside.
The verse uses the language of disciplined recitation and mastery (as in śikṣā/adhyayana) but applies it inwardly: the practical takeaway is indriya-nigraha (sense-control) and repeated internal practice rather than external display.