Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 57
कुतः कुत्र क्व गंतासीत्येतदप्यर्थवत्कथम् । सोऽहं गंता न चागंता नैकदेशनिकेतनः ॥ ५७ ॥
kutaḥ kutra kva gaṃtāsītyetadapyarthavatkatham | so'haṃ gaṃtā na cāgaṃtā naikadeśaniketanaḥ || 57 ||
میں کہاں سے، کہاں اور کس راہ سے جاؤں—یہ سوال بھی کیسے بامعنی ہو؟ میں وہی آتما ہوں؛ نہ میں جانے والا ہوں نہ نہ جانے والا، کیونکہ میں کسی ایک جگہ کا مکین نہیں۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-Dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that the liberated Self is not a body that travels from one location to another; as pure consciousness, it is beyond spatial limitation, so questions of “where from/where to” lose meaning.
Bhakti culminates in steady absorption in the Lord/Truth where the devotee’s identity is no longer confined to bodily movement; devotion matures into inner freedom and non-attachment to place and circumstance.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is being taught; the practical takeaway is viveka and vairagya—discriminating Self from body and reducing place-based attachment in daily practice.