Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 46
Śreyas and Paramārtha: The Ribhu–Nidāgha Teaching on Non-Dual Self
Advaita
संयावपायसादीनि चेक्षुका रसवंति च । निदाघ उवाच । गृहे शालिनि मद्गेहे यत्किंचिदति शोभनम् ॥ ४६ ॥
saṃyāvapāyasādīni cekṣukā rasavaṃti ca | nidāgha uvāca | gṛhe śālini madgehe yatkiṃcidati śobhanam || 46 ||
Sinabi ni Nidāgha: “O Śālīna, sa aking bahay ay naroon ang anumang lubhang masarap at kaaya-aya—gaya ng saṃyāva, pāyasa at iba pa, at mayroon ding matatamis at makatas na handog mula sa tubo.”
Nidāgha
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
The verse highlights the attractiveness of household comforts (rich foods and sweet enjoyments), setting the stage for teaching vairāgya—how pleasurable objects can bind the mind unless met with discernment and detachment.
By pointing to enticing sense-enjoyments, the narrative implicitly contrasts them with steadiness in spiritual pursuit; bhakti matures when one can live amid comforts without becoming dependent on them, offering life’s pleasures to the Divine rather than clinging to them.
No direct Vedāṅga instruction is stated in this verse; it functions as narrative context in Mokṣa-dharma, illustrating the psychology of attachment that later teachings address through discrimination (viveka) and discipline.