Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 56
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
भोग्यं भोक्तुश्च स्वेनैव विद्याख्यं करणं तु तत् । यद्यर्कवत्प्रकाशा धीः कर्मत्वाञ्च तथापि हि ॥ ५६ ॥
bhogyaṃ bhoktuśca svenaiva vidyākhyaṃ karaṇaṃ tu tat | yadyarkavatprakāśā dhīḥ karmatvāñca tathāpi hi || 56 ||
ഭോഗ്യവസ്തുവിനും ഭോക്താവിനും, സ്വന്തം ‘വിദ്യ’ എന്ന ബുദ്ധിയേയാണ് കരണം. ധീ സൂര്യനെപ്പോലെ പ്രകാശിച്ചാലും, പ്രവർത്തനരൂപത്തിൽ പ്രവർത്തിക്കുന്നതിനാൽ അത് കർമ്മതത്ത്വമായി എണ്ണപ്പെടുന്നു.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It clarifies that experience is mediated by one’s own intellect/knowledge (vidyā) as an instrument, and that even ‘illumining’ knowledge can still bind when it operates as an action—highlighting the need to transcend mere mental operation toward liberation.
Indirectly, it implies that the mind’s knowing-function can remain an operative karma; bhakti reorients that same instrument (dhi) toward the Lord, transforming experience from ego-driven enjoyment to God-centered surrender, which supports release from bondage.
It reflects a technical, śāstric analysis of karaṇa (instrument) and karma (operative function)—a conceptual foundation used across Vedānta and allied disciplines when explaining cognition, agency, and the mechanics of experience.