Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 10
Threefold Suffering, Twofold Knowledge, and the Definition of Bhagavān (Vāsudeva); Prelude to Keśidhvaja–Janaka Yoga
यत्तदव्यक्तमजरमनीहमजमव्ययम् । अनिर्देश्यमरूपं च पाणिपादादिसंयुतम् ॥ १० ॥
yattadavyaktamajaramanīhamajamavyayam | anirdeśyamarūpaṃ ca pāṇipādādisaṃyutam || 10 ||
وہ پرم تَتْو اَویَکت، اَجر، نِسپرِہ، اَج اور اَویَی ہے۔ وہ ناقابلِ بیان اور بے صورت ہے، پھر بھی ماورائی معنی میں ہاتھ پاؤں وغیرہ سے متصف ہے۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It points to the Supreme as beyond decay, birth, change, and verbal definition (nirguṇa), while also affirming a transcendent capacity to act and relate (suggesting a saguna apprehension for seekers).
By calling the Supreme “formless yet endowed with hands and feet,” it supports devotion to a personal Lord (as if He sees, protects, and responds) without limiting Him to material form—Bhakti grounded in transcendence.
Primarily nirukta/vyākaraṇa-style precision: the verse uses negating descriptors (a-, an-) to define what Brahman is not, guiding correct contemplation and preventing literal, materialistic interpretation of divine “limbs.”