Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
सूत उवाच । तच्छ्रृत्वा नारदेनोक्तं ब्रह्मपुत्रः सनंदनः । उवाच हर्षसंयुक्तः स्मरन्भरतचेष्टितम् ॥ ३ ॥
sūta uvāca | tacchrṛtvā nāradenoktaṃ brahmaputraḥ sanaṃdanaḥ | uvāca harṣasaṃyuktaḥ smaranbharataceṣṭitam || 3 ||
Sūta sprach: Nachdem Sanandana, der Sohn Brahmās, gehört hatte, was Nārada gesagt hatte, sprach er, von Freude erfüllt und an Bharatas vorbildliches Handeln erinnernd.
Suta
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It marks a transition where Sanandana responds joyfully to Nārada’s discourse, indicating that remembrance of an ideal exemplar (Bharata) supports dharmic clarity and the pursuit of moksha.
Though not prescribing a practice directly, it frames bhakti-oriented learning as: hearing sacred instruction (śravaṇa) from a realized sage (Nārada) and contemplating saintly exemplars (Bharata), which naturally inspires devotion and right living.
The verse emphasizes the method of śravaṇa (attentive hearing) and smaraṇa (recollection), foundational disciplines used across Vedic study and Purāṇic teaching, even when specific Vedāṅgas (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) are not explicitly named.