Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 4
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
सनंदन उवाच । अत्र ते कथयिष्यामि इतिहासं पुरातनम् । यं श्रुत्वा त्वन्मनो भ्रांतमास्थानं लभते भृशम् ॥ ४ ॥
sanaṃdana uvāca | atra te kathayiṣyāmi itihāsaṃ purātanam | yaṃ śrutvā tvanmano bhrāṃtamāsthānaṃ labhate bhṛśam || 4 ||
Sanandana sprach: Hier will ich dir eine uralte heilige Überlieferung erzählen; wenn du sie hörst, wird dein jetzt verwirrter Geist fest zu seinem rechten Halt zurückfinden.
Sanandana
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It presents śravaṇa (attentive hearing) of an ancient itihāsa as a direct remedy for mental भ्रम (bewilderment), restoring the seeker to a firm inner footing aligned with mokṣa-dharma.
While not naming bhakti explicitly, it highlights a core bhakti method—hearing sacred narratives—which calms confusion and reorients the heart and mind toward dharma and liberation.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is the disciplined practice of śravaṇa—using scriptural narrative as a method for mental steadiness and clarity.