Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 2
Anūcāna (True Learning), the Vedāṅgas, and Śikṣā: Svara, Sāmavedic Chant, and Gandharva Theory
नारद उवाच । भगवन्सर्वमाख्यातं यत्पृष्टं भवतो मया । तथापि नात्मा प्रीयेत श्रृण्वन्हरिकथां मुहुः ॥ २ ॥
nārada uvāca | bhagavansarvamākhyātaṃ yatpṛṣṭaṃ bhavato mayā | tathāpi nātmā prīyeta śrṛṇvanharikathāṃ muhuḥ || 2 ||
نارَد نے کہا—اے بزرگ! جو کچھ میں نے آپ سے پوچھا تھا وہ سب آپ نے بیان کر دیا۔ پھر بھی میرا دل پوری طرح سیر نہیں ہوتا، اگرچہ میں بار بار ہری کی کتھا سنتا رہتا ہوں۔
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It highlights the devotee’s intense longing: even after receiving complete instruction, true inner satisfaction arises only when devotion ripens—showing that moksha-dharma is fulfilled through deepened bhakti, not mere information.
By centering repeated listening to Hari-kathā (śravaṇa), it shows bhakti as a living, ever-deepening practice: the devotee returns again and again to Vishnu’s stories because they purify the heart and intensify divine yearning.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is sādhana-oriented—regular śravaṇa of Hari-kathā as a disciplined practice supporting moksha-dharma.