Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 51
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
शमादिगुणसंपन्नो मुमुक्षुर्ज्ञानमभ्यसेत् । शमादिगुणहीनस्य ज्ञानं नैव च सिध्यति ॥ ५१ ॥
śamādiguṇasaṃpanno mumukṣurjñānamabhyaset | śamādiguṇahīnasya jñānaṃ naiva ca sidhyati || 51 ||
Seorang pencari mokṣa (mumukṣu) yang memiliki kebajikan bermula dengan śama hendaklah mengamalkan pengetahuan rohani. Bagi yang kekurangan kebajikan itu, pengetahuan tidak akan benar-benar tercapai.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a moksha-oriented instruction sequence)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)
Secondary Rasa: vira (heroic)
FAQs
It states that liberating knowledge (jñāna) becomes fruitful only when the seeker is qualified by inner virtues like śama (mental tranquility) and allied disciplines; without these, study alone does not mature into realization.
While focused on jñāna, it supports bhakti indirectly: steadiness, self-restraint, and purity of mind are the same inner qualifications that make devotion stable and one-pointed, preventing bhakti from becoming merely emotional or inconsistent.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is sādhanā-qualification—cultivating śama and related virtues so that scriptural learning and instruction can yield realized knowledge.