Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 18
Śreyas and Paramārtha: The Ribhu–Nidāgha Teaching on Non-Dual Self
Advaita
व्ययश्चक्रियत कस्मात्कामप्राप्त्युपलक्षणः । मुत्रश्चेत्परमार्थाख्यः सोऽप्यन्यस्य नरेश्वर ॥ १८ ॥
vyayaścakriyata kasmātkāmaprāptyupalakṣaṇaḥ | mutraścetparamārthākhyaḥ so'pyanyasya nareśvara || 18 ||
แล้วเหตุใดจึงมีการใช้จ่ายเล่า ในเมื่อมันเป็นเพียงเครื่องหมายแห่งการได้สมปรารถนา? และหากเรียกปัสสาวะว่า ‘ปรมารถะ’ โอ้พระราชา แม้สิ่งนั้นก็ยังเป็นของผู้อื่น.
Sanatkumara (in instruction to the king, within the Narada-led dialogue tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: hasya
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It pushes radical dispassion (vairāgya) by exposing how even what people chase—pleasure and its ‘results’—are transient, bodily, and not truly ‘one’s own,’ thereby redirecting the seeker to the paramārtha of liberation.
By discrediting desire-driven action as ultimately empty, it creates inner space for single-pointed reliance on Bhagavān rather than on consumption and bodily identity—an essential foundation for steady Vishnu-bhakti.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is ethical-psychological: reduce kāma-driven spending and cultivate discernment (viveka) as preparation for moksha-oriented sādhanā.