Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā
किं च प्रधानचरितं व्यर्थं सर्वं भवेत्ततः । कर्तृत्वरहिते पुंसि करणाद्यप्रयोजके ॥ ५९ ॥
kiṃ ca pradhānacaritaṃ vyarthaṃ sarvaṃ bhavettataḥ | kartṛtvarahite puṃsi karaṇādyaprayojake || 59 ||
ยิ่งกว่านั้น หากปุรุษปราศจากความเป็นผู้กระทำ และมิได้เป็นผู้ทำให้เครื่องมือทั้งหลายมีประโยชน์แล้ว กิจการทั้งปวงที่ยกให้แก่ประธาน (ปรกฤติ) ก็ย่อมกลายเป็นสิ่งไร้เป้าหมาย
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a philosophical/technical context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It highlights that meaningful experience and liberation-discourse require a coherent account of agency: if the self were entirely non-agent, the entire apparatus of nature (body, senses, mind) and its evolution would be purposeless, undermining the logic of embodied spiritual striving.
By stressing purposeful embodiment, it indirectly supports disciplined practice: devotion, worship, and remembrance become meaningful when the practitioner acknowledges functional agency at the level of practice while aiming to realize the deeper Self beyond egoic doership.
It reflects a technical, śāstra-style reasoning method used in Vedāṅga/śāstric study—defining categories (puruṣa, pradhāna, karaṇa) and testing their consistency—useful for disciplined interpretation in Vyākaraṇa/Nyāya-like analytical reading even when the topic is philosophical.