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 ||
Nārada thưa: “Bạch đấng tôn kính, ngài đã giảng rõ mọi điều con hỏi. Thế nhưng tâm con vẫn chưa trọn thỏa, dẫu con luôn lắng nghe Harikathā—những thánh truyện về Hari—hết lần này đến lần khác.”
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.