Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 42
The Exposition of Spiritual Knowledge
Jñāna-pradarśanam
जानन्तिरुवाच । शृणुष्व विप्रशार्दूल संसारोच्छेदकारणम् । प्रवक्ष्यामि समासेन दुर्लभं त्वकृतात्मनाम् ॥ ४२ ॥
jānantiruvāca | śṛṇuṣva vipraśārdūla saṃsārocchedakāraṇam | pravakṣyāmi samāsena durlabhaṃ tvakṛtātmanām || 42 ||
Jānanti berkata: “Dengarlah, wahai harimau di antara para brāhmaṇa. Aku akan menyatakan secara ringkas sebab yang memutuskan samsara—sesuatu yang sukar diperoleh oleh mereka yang belum mendisiplinkan diri.”
Jānanti
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It introduces a concise upadeśa on the “cause” of saṃsāra’s destruction, stressing that liberation is tied to inner readiness—self-discipline and purification—without which the liberating means remains difficult to attain.
While bhakti is not named here, the verse frames liberation as dependent on sādhana and self-mastery; in Narada Purana’s broader teaching, such inner discipline supports steady devotion to Bhagavān and makes bhakti fruitful rather than merely emotional.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is sādhana-oriented—cultivating ātma-niyama (self-restraint) as a prerequisite for receiving and applying liberating instruction.