Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 19
Janaka Instructs Śuka: Āśrama-Sequence, Guru-Dependence, and Marks of Liberation
जनक उवाच । न विना ज्ञानविज्ञाने मोक्षस्याधिगमो भवेत् । न विना गुरुसंबधाज्ज्ञानस्याधिगमस्तथा ॥ १९ ॥
janaka uvāca | na vinā jñānavijñāne mokṣasyādhigamo bhavet | na vinā gurusaṃbadhājjñānasyādhigamastathā || 19 ||
Vua Janaka nói: Nếu không có tri thức và sự chứng ngộ, thì không thể đạt giải thoát (mokṣa). Cũng vậy, nếu không có mối liên hệ với bậc Guru, thì tri kiến chân thật cũng không thể thành tựu.
Janaka
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It states a two-step necessity for liberation: (1) jñāna joined with vijñāna—knowledge that becomes direct realization—and (2) the indispensable role of Guru-saṃbandha, because authentic knowledge is traditionally transmitted and stabilized through a realized teacher.
While the verse speaks in the language of jñāna, it supports Bhakti in practice by emphasizing surrender to guidance (Guru-saṃbandha). In the Narada Purana’s moksha-dharma framing, devotion matures when one learns the correct understanding from a Guru and turns it into lived realization.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is named; the practical takeaway is the method of learning itself—knowledge must be received through a proper teacher-student lineage (ācārya-paramparā) and then internalized as vijñāna.