Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 56
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
आत्मानं द्विविधं प्राहुः परापरविभेदतः । द्वे ब्रह्मणी वेदितव्ये इति चाथर्वर्णी श्रुतिः ॥ ५६ ॥
ātmānaṃ dvividhaṃ prāhuḥ parāparavibhedataḥ | dve brahmaṇī veditavye iti cātharvarṇī śrutiḥ || 56 ||
ആത്മാവിനെ പരവും അപരവും എന്ന ഭേദത്തിൽ രണ്ടുവിധമെന്ന് പറയുന്നു. അതുപോലെ ആഥർവണീ ശ്രുതിയും ‘രണ്ടു ബ്രഹ്മങ്ങളെ അറിയേണ്ടതാണ്’ എന്നു ഉപദേശിക്കുന്നു॥ ૫૬ ॥
Narada (teaching in an Upanishadic register, citing Atharvanic Śruti)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It frames liberation-teaching in a Vedāntic way: reality is approached through a higher (para) and lower (apara) standpoint, and the seeker is urged to know the supreme principle beyond the merely instrumental or worldly level.
By distinguishing higher and lower realization, it implicitly elevates para-knowledge—knowing the supreme Brahman—toward which mature bhakti leads as direct God-realization rather than remaining at external or secondary religious aims.
The verse does not teach a specific Vedāṅga technique; instead it uses Śruti-pramāṇa (scriptural authority) and Upaniṣadic classification (para/apara) as a guiding framework for prioritizing higher knowledge over ancillary learning.