Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 51
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
शमादिगुणसंपन्नो मुमुक्षुर्ज्ञानमभ्यसेत् । शमादिगुणहीनस्य ज्ञानं नैव च सिध्यति ॥ ५१ ॥
śamādiguṇasaṃpanno mumukṣurjñānamabhyaset | śamādiguṇahīnasya jñānaṃ naiva ca sidhyati || 51 ||
Người cầu giải thoát (mumukṣu) đầy đủ các đức tính bắt đầu từ śama (tĩnh lặng) nên tu tập trí tuệ tâm linh. Kẻ thiếu những đức tính ấy thì trí tuệ không thể thành tựu chân thật.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a moksha-oriented instruction sequence)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)
Secondary Rasa: vira (heroic)
FAQs
It states that liberating knowledge (jñāna) becomes fruitful only when the seeker is qualified by inner virtues like śama (mental tranquility) and allied disciplines; without these, study alone does not mature into realization.
While focused on jñāna, it supports bhakti indirectly: steadiness, self-restraint, and purity of mind are the same inner qualifications that make devotion stable and one-pointed, preventing bhakti from becoming merely emotional or inconsistent.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is sādhanā-qualification—cultivating śama and related virtues so that scriptural learning and instruction can yield realized knowledge.