Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 5
Anūcāna (True Learning), the Vedāṅgas, and Śikṣā: Svara, Sāmavedic Chant, and Gandharva Theory
तस्य जन्मरहस्यं मे कमचाप्यस्य श्रृण्वते । समाख्याहि महाभाग मोक्षशास्त्रार्थविद्भवान् ॥ ५ ॥
tasya janmarahasyaṃ me kamacāpyasya śrṛṇvate | samākhyāhi mahābhāga mokṣaśāstrārthavidbhavān || 5 ||
میں سن رہا ہوں—اس کی پیدائش کا راز اور اس کا سبب بھی مجھے بتائیے۔ اے صاحبِ سعادت! آپ موکش شاستروں کے حقیقی مفہوم کے جاننے والے ہیں؛ کرم فرما کر تفصیل سے بیان کیجیے۔
Narada (questioning a Moksha-śāstra knower, typically Sanatkumara in this dialogue flow)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta (wonder)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
FAQs
It frames a moksha-centered inquiry: Narada seeks not mere biography, but the hidden principle (rahasya) and causal reason behind a birth, to be understood through the lens of liberation-teachings (mokṣa-śāstra).
Indirectly, it shows the bhakti attitude of humble inquiry and attentive listening (śṛṇvate) before a realized teacher—an essential foundation for receiving liberating knowledge that later matures into devotion to the Supreme.
No specific Vedanga technique is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is the discipline of śravaṇa (listening) and seeking artha (true meaning) from a qualified knower of śāstra—methodology central to all Vedic study.