Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33
Ekādaśī Vrata-Vidhi and the Galava–Bhadrashīla Itihāsa
Dharmakīrti before Yama
संवादं भद्रशीलस्य तत्पितुर्गालवस्य च । पुरा हिगालवो नाम मुनिः सत्यपरायणः ॥ ३३ ॥
saṃvādaṃ bhadraśīlasya tatpiturgālavasya ca | purā higālavo nāma muniḥ satyaparāyaṇaḥ || 33 ||
قدیم زمانے میں گالَو نام کے ایک مُنی تھے جو سچائی کے کامل پرستار تھے۔ یہ بھدرشیل اور اس کے والد گالَو کا مکالمہ ہے۔
Sūta (narrator) introducing the episode within the Purāṇic discourse
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It frames the teaching as a guru–disciple/father–son dialogue and highlights satya (truth) as a foundational dharmic virtue embodied by the sage Gālava.
While not explicitly naming bhakti, it sets a dharmic ground—truthfulness and integrity—without which Vishnu-bhakti and other spiritual disciplines in the Narada Purana are considered unstable.
No specific Vedāṅga is taught in this line; it functions as an anubandha-style narrative introduction (context-setting) to a didactic dialogue.