Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 73
Janaka’s Quest for Liberation; Pañcaśikha’s Sāṅkhya on Renunciation, Elements, Guṇas, and the Deathless State
एवं पंच त्रिका ह्येते गुणस्तदुपलब्धये । येनायं त्रिविधो भावः पर्यायात्समुपस्थितः ॥ ७३ ॥
evaṃ paṃca trikā hyete guṇastadupalabdhaye | yenāyaṃ trividho bhāvaḥ paryāyātsamupasthitaḥ || 73 ||
இவ்வாறு தத்துவத்தை உணர்வதற்காக குணங்கள் ஐந்து மும்மடங்களாக அமைக்கப்பட்டன; அவற்றின் தொடர்ச்சியான நிலைகளால் இம்மூவகை பாவம் வெளிப்படுகிறது.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames liberation-oriented inquiry as discernment: by analyzing experience through structured groupings of the guṇas, one recognizes how the “threefold state” arises and thus gains detachment from it.
Indirectly: bhakti matures when one sees that changing states are guṇa-made and sequential; then the mind turns from transient modes toward steady refuge in the Supreme (often expressed in the Narada Purana as Viṣṇu-bhakti).
Not a Vedāṅga technique directly; it is a mokṣa-dharma framework akin to sāṅkhya-style categorization—using precise analysis and definition to support discrimination (viveka) and renunciation (vairāgya).