Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 82
Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā
इष्टश्चानुष्टगंधश्च मधुरः कटुरेव च । निर्हारी संहतः स्निग्धो रुक्षो विशद एव च ॥ ८२ ॥
iṣṭaścānuṣṭagaṃdhaśca madhuraḥ kaṭureva ca | nirhārī saṃhataḥ snigdho rukṣo viśada eva ca || 82 ||
กลิ่นอาจน่ารื่นรมย์หรือไม่น่ารื่นรมย์; อาจหวานหรือฉุนเผ็ดก็ได้ อีกทั้งอาจเป็นกลิ่นชำระล้าง หนาแน่น มันชุ่ม แห้ง และ ‘วิศท’ คือใสสะอาดบริสุทธิ์
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It catalogs changing sensory and physical qualities—pleasant/unpleasant, sweet/pungent, oily/dry—implying their impermanence and encouraging dispassion (vairāgya) and inner purification on the mokṣa path.
By highlighting that sensory qualities fluctuate, it supports bhakti as steadiness of mind in remembrance of the Lord beyond taste, smell, and bodily conditions—devotion that is not dependent on pleasurable experiences.
It is not a direct Vedāṅga lesson; rather, it functions as a practical sādhana cue used in Mokṣa-dharma: observe sensory attributes (rasa/gandha) without attachment, aiding discipline, purity (śauca), and meditative stability.