Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 21
Janaka’s Quest for Liberation; Pañcaśikha’s Sāṅkhya on Renunciation, Elements, Guṇas, and the Deathless State
तस्मै परमकल्याणं प्रणताय च धर्मतः । अब्रवीत्परमं मोक्षं यत्तत्सांख्यं विधीयते ॥ २१ ॥
tasmai paramakalyāṇaṃ praṇatāya ca dharmataḥ | abravītparamaṃ mokṣaṃ yattatsāṃkhyaṃ vidhīyate || 21 ||
جو دھرم کے مطابق سجدہ ریز ہوا تھا، اُس سے اس نے پرم کلیان کی بات کہی—وہی اعلیٰ ترین موکش جو سانکھ्य کے طور پر سکھایا جاتا ہے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It presents liberation (moksha) as the highest good and frames it as a disciplined teaching given to a sincere seeker who approaches with humility and dharmic conduct.
While the verse emphasizes Sāṅkhya (discriminative wisdom), it highlights the bhakti-like prerequisite of reverent surrender—approaching the teacher with pranāma and dharma—which supports all higher spiritual instruction in the Narada Purana.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is the dharmic method of learning—humility, proper conduct, and disciplined inquiry as the foundation for receiving moksha-śāstra.