Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 117
Jīva–Ātman Inquiry; Kṣetrajña Doctrine; Karma-based Varṇa; Four Āśramas and Sannyāsa Discipline
अपि चात्र माल्याभरणवस्त्राभ्यंगनित्योपभोगनृत्यगीतवादित्रश्रुतिसुखनयनस्नेहरामादर्शनानां । प्राप्तिर्भक्ष्यभोज्यलेह्यपेयचोष्याणामभ्यवहार्य्याणां विविधानामुपभोगः ॥ ११७ ॥
api cātra mālyābharaṇavastrābhyaṃganityopabhoganṛtyagītavāditraśrutisukhanayanasneharāmādarśanānāṃ | prāptirbhakṣyabhojyalehyapeyacoṣyāṇāmabhyavahāryyāṇāṃ vividhānāmupabhogaḥ || 117 ||
مزید یہ کہ یہاں (دنیاوی بھوگ کی حالت میں) ہار، زیور، لباس، تیل کی مالش اور مسلسل لذتیں—رقص، گیت، ساز، خوشگوار سماعت، دلکش مناظر، محبت اور حسین عورتوں کا دیدار—سب حاصل ہوتے ہیں۔ نیز بھکش्य، بھوج्य، لیہ्य، پَیَہ اور چوش्य—طرح طرح کی خوردنی لذتوں سے لطف اندوزی ہوتی ہے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shringara
Secondary Rasa: bhoga/adbhuta
FAQs
The verse catalogues refined sense-pleasures (sound, sight, touch, taste) to show the full range of bhoga that karma can yield—implying their attractiveness yet their limitation, thus preparing the mind for vairagya and moksha-oriented discernment.
By highlighting the completeness of worldly enjoyments, the text implicitly contrasts them with the steadier fulfillment sought through Narada Purana’s moksha-dharma—where turning the mind from transient pleasures toward Bhagavan (Vishnu) is presented as the higher aim.
A practical dharmic classification of consumables is given—bhakṣya, bhojya, lehya, peya, coṣya—useful for ritual and etiquette contexts (what is ‘fit to be consumed’), though the verse is primarily ethical-philosophical rather than a direct Vedanga instruction.