Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 74
Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā
जंगमानां च सर्वेषां शरीरे पंञ्च धातवः । प्रत्येकशः प्रभिद्यंते यैः शरीरं विचेष्टते ॥ ७४ ॥
jaṃgamānāṃ ca sarveṣāṃ śarīre paṃñca dhātavaḥ | pratyekaśaḥ prabhidyaṃte yaiḥ śarīraṃ viceṣṭate || 74 ||
一切能行走活动的众生之身，皆具五种构成要素。它们各自分明而运作，由此身体方能作为与运动。
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It teaches tattva-viveka (discriminative insight): the body’s activity depends on impersonal elemental constituents, helping the seeker reduce ego-identification and move toward moksha.
By showing the body as a composite of constituents, it supports humility and surrender—devotion becomes steadier when one stops mistaking bodily motion and capacity for the true Self and offers all actions to the Divine.
Primarily tattva-analysis used in dharma and moksha instruction rather than a specific Vedanga; practically, it supports disciplined conduct (yama-niyama) by viewing bodily urges as elemental processes to be regulated.