Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā
यदाऽसृजत्सहस्त्राणि भूतानां स महामतिः । पश्चात्तेष्वेव भूतत्वं कथं समुपपद्यते ॥ ५९ ॥
yadā'sṛjatsahastrāṇi bhūtānāṃ sa mahāmatiḥ | paścātteṣveva bhūtatvaṃ kathaṃ samupapadyate || 59 ||
当那位大慧者创造了成千上万的众生之后，为何又说随后在那些众生之中，‘成为众生’（具身之态）的状态再次生起呢？
Narada (questioning in dialogue with Sanatkumara)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It frames a core Moksha-Dharma inquiry: if beings were already created, what principle makes them fall into (or re-enter) embodied creaturehood—pointing toward the doctrines of karma, avidya, and bondage that must be overcome for liberation.
By highlighting the problem of recurring embodied existence, the verse implicitly motivates the need for a liberating means; in the Narada Purana’s Moksha-Dharma tone, Vishnu-bhakti is presented as a direct purifier that loosens bondage and ends repeated embodiment.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Shiksha, Jyotisha, Kalpa) is taught in this verse; it is primarily a philosophical question about causality in creation and the re-arising of embodied status (bhutatva).