Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 81
Janaka’s Quest for Liberation; Pañcaśikha’s Sāṅkhya on Renunciation, Elements, Guṇas, and the Deathless State
अलेपमाकाशमलिंगमेवमास्थाय पश्यंति महत्यशक्ता । यथोर्णनाभिः परिवर्तमानस्तंतुक्षये तिष्टति यात्यमानः ॥ ८१ ॥
alepamākāśamaliṃgamevamāsthāya paśyaṃti mahatyaśaktā | yathorṇanābhiḥ parivartamānastaṃtukṣaye tiṣṭati yātyamānaḥ || 81 ||
بےلَیپ، آکاش جیسے، بےنشان (اَلِنگ) تَتّو کا سہارا لے کر ہی بڑے سے بڑے قادر بھی اس کا دیدار کر پاتے ہیں۔ جیسے مکڑی دھاگا بنتے بنتے گھومتی رہتی ہے، مگر دھاگا ختم ہو جائے تو—چلتی ہوئی سی لگتے ہوئے بھی—ٹھہر جاتی ہے۔
Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It teaches that the attributeless Absolute is not grasped as an object; seekers use subtle pointers (like the space-analogy) until the mind’s projecting activity ends—like a spider stopping when its thread (cause of motion) is finished.
By implying that devotion matures into one-pointed absorption where all supports fall away: the devotee first holds a pure support (the Lord as the all-pervading, untouched reality) and, as attachments are exhausted, rests in stillness and surrender beyond conceptual marks.
It is primarily Vedanta-yukti (reasoning through analogy) rather than a specific Vedanga; practically, it trains disciplined contemplation—using a precise metaphor to refine meaning (a skill aligned with Vyakarana/Nirukta-style clarity of sense).