Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 68
Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation
मायिनो मायया भेदं पश्यन्ति परमात्मनि । तस्मान्मायां त्यजेद्योगान्मुमुक्षुर्द्विजसत्तम् ॥ ६८ ॥
māyino māyayā bhedaṃ paśyanti paramātmani | tasmānmāyāṃ tyajedyogānmumukṣurdvijasattam || 68 ||
Những kẻ bị Māyā mê hoặc thấy có sai biệt nơi Đấng Tối Thượng Ngã. Vì vậy, hỡi bậc tối thắng trong hàng lưỡng sinh, người cầu giải thoát hãy từ bỏ Māyā nhờ Yoga.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It diagnoses bondage as a misperception—seeing division in the indivisible Paramātman due to Māyā—and prescribes Yoga as the discipline to renounce that illusion and move toward mokṣa.
By rejecting bheda-buddhi (the sense of separation) created by Māyā, devotion becomes purified into single-pointed God-centeredness; such bhakti aligns with yogic inner discipline and supports liberation-oriented worship.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Śikṣā, Vyākaraṇa, or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is yogic sādhanā—cultivating discernment and renunciation to overcome Māyā-born misperception.