Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 1
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
नारद उवाच । भगवन्सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टं विदुषा त्वया । संसारपाशबद्धानां दुःखानि सुबहूनि च ॥ १ ॥
nārada uvāca | bhagavansarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭaṃ viduṣā tvayā | saṃsārapāśabaddhānāṃ duḥkhāni subahūni ca || 1 ||
Нарада сказал: О Бхагаван, ты, мудрый, полностью разъяснил всё, о чём был спрошен, а также многочисленные страдания тех, кто связан петлёй самсары.
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
The verse frames saṃsāra as a binding “noose” (pāśa) that produces many forms of duḥkha, emphasizing the need for liberating knowledge and right practice to move toward moksha.
While bhakti is not explicitly named here, the verse prepares the ground for it by diagnosing the core problem—bondage and suffering in saṃsāra—against which devotion to the Lord (commonly Vishnu-centered in the Narada Purana) becomes a primary remedy taught later.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; it functions as a narrative transition acknowledging prior instruction and focusing attention on the lived problem of duḥkha in saṃsāra.