Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 19
Janaka Instructs Śuka: Āśrama-Sequence, Guru-Dependence, and Marks of Liberation
जनक उवाच । न विना ज्ञानविज्ञाने मोक्षस्याधिगमो भवेत् । न विना गुरुसंबधाज्ज्ञानस्याधिगमस्तथा ॥ १९ ॥
janaka uvāca | na vinā jñānavijñāne mokṣasyādhigamo bhavet | na vinā gurusaṃbadhājjñānasyādhigamastathā || 19 ||
พระชนกตรัสว่า: หากปราศจากญาณและวิญญาณ (ความรู้ที่ประจักษ์จริง) ย่อมไม่อาจบรรลุโมกษะได้; และหากปราศจากความผูกพันกับคุรุ ก็ย่อมไม่อาจได้มาซึ่งญาณอันแท้จริงเช่นกัน।
Janaka
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It states a two-step necessity for liberation: (1) jñāna joined with vijñāna—knowledge that becomes direct realization—and (2) the indispensable role of Guru-saṃbandha, because authentic knowledge is traditionally transmitted and stabilized through a realized teacher.
While the verse speaks in the language of jñāna, it supports Bhakti in practice by emphasizing surrender to guidance (Guru-saṃbandha). In the Narada Purana’s moksha-dharma framing, devotion matures when one learns the correct understanding from a Guru and turns it into lived realization.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is named; the practical takeaway is the method of learning itself—knowledge must be received through a proper teacher-student lineage (ācārya-paramparā) and then internalized as vijñāna.