Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 55
Śreyas and Paramārtha: The Ribhu–Nidāgha Teaching on Non-Dual Self
Advaita
चेतसो यस्य यत्पृष्टं पुमानेभिर्न युज्यते । क्व निवासस्तवेत्युक्तं क्व गंतासि च यत्त्वया ॥ ५५ ॥
cetaso yasya yatpṛṣṭaṃ pumānebhirna yujyate | kva nivāsastavetyuktaṃ kva gaṃtāsi ca yattvayā || 55 ||
สิ่งที่มนุษย์ถามกันนั้นย่อมไม่สอดคล้องกับผู้ซึ่งสภาวะเหนือจิต. เพราะฉะนั้นคำที่ท่านกล่าวว่า “ที่พำนักของท่านอยู่ที่ใด และท่านไปที่ไหน” จึงไม่เหมาะแก่พระองค์
Sanatkumara (addressing Narada in the Moksha-Dharma dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that the Supreme/Atman is not an object within mental categories; questions of physical location, residence, or movement apply to embodied beings, not to the transcendent Reality.
By removing limiting notions about God—such as “He is only here” or “He goes there”—it supports mature bhakti that worships the all-pervading Lord, not a deity confined by space and change.
It indirectly reinforces the Vedantic discipline of precise inquiry (vicāra): language and conceptual questions must be applied appropriately; otherwise, inquiry becomes a category error when directed at the transcendent.