Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 81
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
यद्यन्योऽस्ति परः कोऽपि मत्तः पार्थिवसत्तम् । न देहोऽहमयं चान्ये वक्तुमेवमपीष्यते ॥ ८१ ॥
yadyanyo'sti paraḥ ko'pi mattaḥ pārthivasattam | na deho'hamayaṃ cānye vaktumevamapīṣyate || 81 ||
হে পার্থিবসত্তম! যদি আমার চেয়ে ঊর্ধ্বে কেউ থাকে, তবে অন্যেরা এভাবে বলতে পারে; কিন্তু ‘আমি দেহ নই’— এই উক্তি অন্য কারও পক্ষে বলা যথাযথ নয়।
Sanatkumara (teaching in Moksha-Dharma dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It rejects dehātma-buddhi (the mistake of taking the body as the Self) and warns against egoic claims of superiority, pointing the seeker toward Atma-jnana as a basis for moksha.
By dissolving body-based ego and rivalry, the heart becomes fit for humble surrender; such humility and inner clarity are supportive conditions for steady Vishnu-bhakti.
No specific Vedanga (e.g., Vyakarana, Jyotisha, Kalpa) is taught directly here; the practical takeaway is ethical-spiritual discipline—checking ego and body-identification—which underlies correct practice of mantra, vrata, and ritual.