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 ||
Xin hãy kể cho tôi nghe bí mật về sự ra đời của ngài, và cả lý do của nó, khi tôi đang lắng nghe. Hỡi bậc vĩ đại và may mắn—vì ngài biết ý nghĩa thực sự của Mokṣa-śāstras—xin hãy giải thích đầy đủ.
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.