Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 71
Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā
Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained
शून्यं साग्निनभश्चैव चरेण सहितं तथा । अंबु पश्चाद्वियत्तस्मान्नभश्च मरुदन्वितम् ॥ ७१ ॥
śūnyaṃ sāgninabhaścaiva careṇa sahitaṃ tathā | aṃbu paścādviyattasmānnabhaśca marudanvitam || 71 ||
Từ “không” phát sinh hư không kết hợp với lửa; cũng vậy, cùng với “cara” (sự chuyển động). Kế đó là nước; và từ nước ấy lại sinh ra hư không một lần nữa—nay đi kèm với gió.
Narada (teaching in a technical Vedanga-style enumeration)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents a technical cosmological sequence: from śūnya (undifferentiated emptiness) arise successive elemental conditions, showing how manifest reality is built through combinations (saṃyoga) of subtle principles like space, fire, motion, wind, and water.
While the verse is primarily cosmological (Vedanga-style), it supports Bhakti by grounding devotion in right knowledge (jñāna) of creation—encouraging the devotee to see the world as a structured manifestation, ultimately to be offered back to the Divine through worship and ritual purity.
It reflects a technical enumeration used in Vedic sciences—useful for ritual theory and cosmology that underlies disciplines like Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology) and kalpa-style reasoning about elemental composition in rites and offerings.