Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 53
Śreyas and Paramārtha: The Ribhu–Nidāgha Teaching on Non-Dual Self
Advaita
भवत्यंभसि च क्षीणे नृणां तृष्णासमुद्भवः । क्षुत्तृष्णे देहधर्माख्ये न ममैते यतो द्विज ॥ ५३ ॥
bhavatyaṃbhasi ca kṣīṇe nṛṇāṃ tṛṣṇāsamudbhavaḥ | kṣuttṛṣṇe dehadharmākhye na mamaite yato dvija || 53 ||
ခန္ဓာ၏ ရေဓာတ် လျော့နည်းသွားသောအခါ လူတို့တွင် ရေငတ်ခြင်း ပေါ်ပေါက်၏။ ဆာလောင်ခြင်းနှင့် ရေငတ်ခြင်းဟူသည် ခန္ဓာ၏ သဘောတရားများသာ ဖြစ်၍ «ငါ့၏» မဟုတ်ကြ၊ ဒွိဇာ၊ ထို့ကြောင့် ငါသည် ထိုအရာတို့နှင့် မိမိကိုယ်ကို မသတ်မှတ်။
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It teaches viveka (discrimination): hunger and thirst arise from bodily depletion and are merely deha-dharma, so the seeker should not mistake them for the Self.
By reducing identification with bodily impulses, the mind becomes steadier for remembrance of the Lord and disciplined bhakti-sadhana, rather than being driven by sensory demands.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is yogic restraint and self-inquiry—recognizing bodily signals as transient conditions.