Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 9
Sṛṣṭi-varṇana, Bhārata-khaṇḍa-mahātmya, and Jagad-bhūgola
Creation, Glory of Bhārata, and World Geography
एषं माया महाविष्णोर्भिन्ना संसारदायिनी । अभेदबुद्ध्या दृष्टा चेत्संसारक्षयकारिणी ॥ ९ ॥
eṣaṃ māyā mahāviṣṇorbhinnā saṃsāradāyinī | abhedabuddhyā dṛṣṭā cetsaṃsārakṣayakāriṇī || 9 ||
एषा महाविष्णोः माया भिन्नभावेन दृष्टा संसारदायिनी भवति; अभेदबुद्ध्या तु दृष्टा सती संसारक्षयकारिणी भवति ॥
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that bondage and liberation hinge on vision: seeing Māyā as separate from Mahāviṣṇu produces saṃsāra, while seeing it as non-different from Him turns the same Māyā into a means for the cessation of saṃsāra.
By directing the mind to Mahāviṣṇu as the underlying reality of all experience, it supports Vishnu-bhakti: devotion matures into abheda-buddhi, where the devotee perceives the Lord’s presence even in the workings of Māyā, weakening fear, attachment, and worldly identification.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught here; the practical takeaway is discernment (viveka) in interpretation—training the intellect to shift from bheda (difference) to abheda (non-difference), which aligns with Vedāntic reasoning used alongside scriptural study.