Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 55
Janaka’s Quest for Liberation; Pañcaśikha’s Sāṅkhya on Renunciation, Elements, Guṇas, and the Deathless State
वर्तते पृथगन्योन्यमप्युपाश्रित्य कर्मसु । धातवः पंचधा तोयं खे वायुर्ज्योतिषो धरा ॥ ५५ ॥
vartate pṛthaganyonyamapyupāśritya karmasu | dhātavaḥ paṃcadhā toyaṃ khe vāyurjyotiṣo dharā || 55 ||
اگرچہ پانچوں دھاتیں ایک دوسرے سے جدا ہیں، پھر بھی باہمی سہارا لے کر اپنے اپنے کاموں میں کارفرما رہتی ہیں—آب، آکاش، ہوا، نورِ آتش، اور دھرا (زمین)۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that the material world is a coordinated system of interdependent elements; seeing their mutual dependence helps cultivate viveka (discernment) and detachment, supporting the Moksha-dharma aim of liberation.
By showing that even the elements act through mutual support, it implies a higher sustaining order; in Bhakti, that order is recognized as upheld by the Supreme, encouraging surrender and steady remembrance beyond bodily identification.
The verse aligns with tattva-vicara used in Vedic cosmology and supports Jyotiṣa-oriented thinking about elemental influences (bhūta-tattvas), though it is primarily a Moksha-dharma philosophical statement rather than a ritual rule.