Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 71
Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā
Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained
शून्यं साग्निनभश्चैव चरेण सहितं तथा । अंबु पश्चाद्वियत्तस्मान्नभश्च मरुदन्वितम् ॥ ७१ ॥
śūnyaṃ sāgninabhaścaiva careṇa sahitaṃ tathā | aṃbu paścādviyattasmānnabhaśca marudanvitam || 71 ||
शून्यातून अग्नी-युक्त आकाश उत्पन्न होते; तसेच ते ‘चर’सहितही संयुक्त असते. मग जल येते; आणि त्यातून पुन्हा आकाश प्रकट होते—आता वायूसह.
Narada (teaching in a technical Vedanga-style enumeration)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents a technical cosmological sequence: from śūnya (undifferentiated emptiness) arise successive elemental conditions, showing how manifest reality is built through combinations (saṃyoga) of subtle principles like space, fire, motion, wind, and water.
While the verse is primarily cosmological (Vedanga-style), it supports Bhakti by grounding devotion in right knowledge (jñāna) of creation—encouraging the devotee to see the world as a structured manifestation, ultimately to be offered back to the Divine through worship and ritual purity.
It reflects a technical enumeration used in Vedic sciences—useful for ritual theory and cosmology that underlies disciplines like Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology) and kalpa-style reasoning about elemental composition in rites and offerings.