Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 63
Anadhyaya and the Winds: From Vedic Recitation Protocol to Sanatkumara’s Moksha-Upadesha
अनर्थे वार्थसंज्ञस्त्वं किमर्थं नावबुध्यसे । संवेष्ट्यमानं बहुभिर्मोहतंतुभिरात्मजैः ॥ ६३ ॥
anarthe vārthasaṃjñastvaṃ kimarthaṃ nāvabudhyase | saṃveṣṭyamānaṃ bahubhirmohataṃtubhirātmajaiḥ || 63 ||
अनर्थालाच तू अर्थ (लाभ) मानतोस—मग का समजत नाहीस? स्वतःपासूनच उत्पन्न झालेल्या मोहाच्या अनेक तंतूंनी, अनेक बंधांनी तू घट्ट गुंडाळला जात आहेस।
Sanatkumara (one of the Sanaka brothers) instructing Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It diagnoses the central bondage: mistaking anartha (harmful, spiritually empty pursuits) for artha (true welfare), and becoming self-entangled in moha—attachments produced by one’s own mind and habits.
By exposing attachment as self-made delusion, the verse prepares the ground for Vishnu-bhakti: devotion redirects desire from transient ‘profits’ to the Supreme, loosening the knots of moha and supporting liberation-oriented living.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught directly here; the practical takeaway is viveka (discernment) and vairagya (detachment), which guide how one uses ritual and scriptural learning without turning them into new attachments.