Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
The Characteristics of Devotion to Hari
यदान्तःकरणैर्युक्तः स्वेच्छया विचरत्यसौ । स्वपन्नित्युच्यते ह्यात्मा यदा स्वापविवर्जितः ॥ १६ ॥
yadāntaḥkaraṇairyuktaḥ svecchayā vicaratyasau | svapannityucyate hyātmā yadā svāpavivarjitaḥ || 16 ||
यदा अन्तःकरणैः संयुक्तः स्वेच्छया विचरत्यसौ । तदा स नित्यस्वप्न इत्युच्यते; यदा तु स्वापविवर्जितः, तदा स्वापातीत आत्मा भवति ॥
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It distinguishes the Self conditioned by the antaḥkaraṇa (which experiences dream-like movement) from the Self that is free from sleep—pointing toward liberation as recognition of consciousness beyond mental states.
While the verse is primarily jñāna-oriented, it supports bhakti by clarifying that devotion matures when one knows the Lord/Reality as the witness beyond mind and sleep-like delusion, rather than identifying with shifting inner states.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is yogic-psychological: observe how the antaḥkaraṇa conditions experience, and cultivate wakeful awareness beyond svāpa (sleep) and svapna (dream).