Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 85
Threefold Suffering, Twofold Knowledge, and the Definition of Bhagavān (Vāsudeva); Prelude to Keśidhvaja–Janaka Yoga
अतो न याचित राज्यमविद्यांतर्गतं तव । राज्यं गृध्नंति विद्वांसो ममत्वाकृष्टचेतसः ॥ ८३ ॥
ato na yācita rājyamavidyāṃtargataṃ tava | rājyaṃ gṛdhnaṃti vidvāṃso mamatvākṛṣṭacetasaḥ || 83 ||
เพราะฉะนั้นข้าพเจ้าจึงมิได้ขอราชสมบัติจากท่าน เพราะราชอำนาจอยู่ในขอบเขตแห่งอวิทยา แม้ผู้ ‘รู้’ ที่จิตถูกฉุดด้วยความยึดว่าเป็นของตน ก็ยังละโมบต่ออาณาจักร
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a Moksha-dharma dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
The verse frames political power (rājya) as belonging to avidyā—worldly delusion—while liberation requires freedom from mamatā (the sense of ‘mine’). It warns that even scholarship becomes spiritually barren when driven by possessiveness.
By rejecting ownership and status-seeking, the heart becomes fit for single-pointed surrender. Bhakti matures when the devotee stops craving control and instead turns the mind from ‘mine-ness’ toward the Lord as the only refuge.
No specific Vedāṅga (Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, Chandas, Nirukta, Jyotiṣa, Kalpa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is ethical discernment—using learning without ego and possessiveness, which is essential for applying any Vedic discipline rightly.