Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 73
एवं पंच त्रिका ह्येते गुणस्तदुपलब्धये । येनायं त्रिविधो भावः पर्यायात्समुपस्थितः ॥ ७३ ॥
evaṃ paṃca trikā hyete guṇastadupalabdhaye | yenāyaṃ trividho bhāvaḥ paryāyātsamupasthitaḥ || 73 ||
یوں حقیقت کے ادراک کے لیے گُن پانچ تثلیثوں کی صورت میں مرتب ہیں؛ انہی کے پے در پے مراتب سے یہ سہ گانہ حالتِ وجود ظاہر ہوتی ہے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It frames liberation-oriented inquiry as discernment: by analyzing experience through structured groupings of the guṇas, one recognizes how the “threefold state” arises and thus gains detachment from it.
Indirectly: bhakti matures when one sees that changing states are guṇa-made and sequential; then the mind turns from transient modes toward steady refuge in the Supreme (often expressed in the Narada Purana as Viṣṇu-bhakti).
Not a Vedāṅga technique directly; it is a mokṣa-dharma framework akin to sāṅkhya-style categorization—using precise analysis and definition to support discrimination (viveka) and renunciation (vairāgya).