Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 61
Śreyas and Paramārtha: The Ribhu–Nidāgha Teaching on Non-Dual Self
Advaita
मृण्मयं हि मृदा यद्वद्गृहं लिप्तं स्थिरीभवेत् । पार्थिवोऽयं तथा देहः पार्थिवैः परमाणुभिः ॥ ६१ ॥
mṛṇmayaṃ hi mṛdā yadvadgṛhaṃ liptaṃ sthirībhavet | pārthivo'yaṃ tathā dehaḥ pārthivaiḥ paramāṇubhiḥ || 61 ||
Seperti rumah daripada tanah liat menjadi kukuh apabila disapu dengan tanah liat, demikian juga tubuh ini—yang bersifat unsur bumi—menjadi padat oleh atom-atom yang berasal dari bumi.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-Dharma discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It grounds vairāgya by showing the body’s solidity is merely elemental—an aggregation of earth-atoms—encouraging the seeker to identify with the ātman rather than the perishable bhūta-made body.
By reducing bodily identity to a clay-like construct, it supports bhakti as single-pointed refuge in the Lord beyond matter; devotion becomes steadier when one stops treating the body as the true self.
A tattva-oriented, sāṅkhya-like analysis of the pañca-bhūtas is implied (useful for meditation and viveka), though no specific Vedāṅga practice (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is directly taught in this verse.