Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 80
Anadhyaya and the Winds: From Vedic Recitation Protocol to Sanatkumara’s Moksha-Upadesha
महाभूतात्मकं सर्वमस्माद्यत्परमाणुमत् । इंद्रियाणि च पंचैव तमः सत्त्वं रजस्तथा ॥ ८० ॥
mahābhūtātmakaṃ sarvamasmādyatparamāṇumat | iṃdriyāṇi ca paṃcaiva tamaḥ sattvaṃ rajastathā || 80 ||
Segala ini terbina daripada unsur-unsur besar (mahābhūta), dari tahap kasar ini hingga ke yang sehalus atom. Dan ada juga lima indria, serta tamas, sattva, dan rajas.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha Dharma discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It frames embodied experience as a composite of elements, senses, and the three gunas—so liberation requires discerning these constituents and no longer identifying the Self with them.
By identifying the gunas and indriyas as the machinery of worldly experience, it implies that bhakti is strengthened by regulating the senses and rising toward sattva, making the mind fit for steady Vishnu-centered remembrance.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana or Jyotisha) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is tattva-viveka—classifying experience into elements, senses, and gunas for disciplined self-inquiry and practice.