Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 19
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
मुनीन्द्र सा तु हरिणी निपपात ममार च । हरिणीं तां विलोक्याथ विपन्नां नृपतापसः ॥ १९ ॥
munīndra sā tu hariṇī nipapāta mamāra ca | hariṇīṃ tāṃ vilokyātha vipannāṃ nṛpatāpasaḥ || 19 ||
يَا خَيْرَ الحُكَمَاءِ، تِلْكَ الظَّبْيَةُ سَقَطَتْ ثُمَّ مَاتَتْ. فَلَمَّا رَأَى المَلِكُ—وَقَدْ صَارَ نَاسِكًا—الغَزَالَةَ صَرِيعَةً، غَمَرَهُ الكَرْبُ وَالأَسَى.
Narada (narrating to the Sanatkumara tradition; direct addressee: a chief sage)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna (compassion)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
FAQs
It shows how even a renunciant can be shaken by grief when the mind is bound by attachment; sorrow arises from identification and clinging, not from the event alone.
By highlighting the pain caused by worldly attachment, it indirectly points toward fixing the heart on the imperishable—Vishnu/Narayana—so that compassion remains pure but does not become possessive bondage.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught in this line; the emphasis is ethical-psychological instruction within Moksha Dharma—how to recognize and restrain moha (delusive attachment).