Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
सप्तग्रंथिविधानस्य यत्तद्गौणस्यकारणम् । गुणानामविभागोऽत्र ह्याधारे क्ष्मादिभागवत् ॥ ६४ ॥
saptagraṃthividhānasya yattadgauṇasyakāraṇam | guṇānāmavibhāgo'tra hyādhāre kṣmādibhāgavat || 64 ||
Sebab mengapa susunan yang disebut “tujuh simpulan” itu dikatakan sebagai skema sekunder adalah demikian: pada landasan penopang di sini, guṇa-guṇa tidak terbahagi secara berasingan—sebagaimana bahagian tanah dan unsur-unsur lain tidak ditemui terasing dalam suatu asas yang bercampur.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a Vedanga/technical context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It stresses that reality at the foundational level is a mixture of constituents (guṇas), so rigid, purely separated classifications are only secondary; discernment must account for the blended nature of prakṛti in the substratum.
By showing that the guṇas are intermingled in the basis of experience, it implicitly supports Bhakti as a stabilizing orientation beyond guṇa-fluctuations—turning the mind from mixed material qualities toward the Lord who transcends them.
A technical principle used in śāstric analysis: categories can be ‘gauṇa’ (derivative) when the underlying basis contains inseparable mixtures—an interpretive rule relevant to systematic disciplines (e.g., nirukta/semantic analysis and śāstra classification).