Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 93
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
त्वं किमेतच्चिरः किं तु शिरस्तव तथो दरम् । किमु पादादिकं त्वेतन्नैव किं ते महीपते ॥ ९३ ॥
tvaṃ kimetacciraḥ kiṃ tu śirastava tatho daram | kimu pādādikaṃ tvetannaiva kiṃ te mahīpate || 93 ||
Was ist dieses Haupt, das du dein nennst? Und was ist in Wahrheit dein „Haupt“ — ebenso dein Bauch? Was sind diese Füße und die übrigen Glieder? Wahrlich, o Herr der Erde, was an dir ist wirklich „dein“?
Sanatkumara (one of the Sanatkumara brothers) addressing a king in a Moksha-dharma instruction context
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It drives self-inquiry (ātma-viveka) by questioning bodily identification—showing that the body and its parts are not the true Self, thereby supporting detachment and liberation-oriented understanding.
By reducing pride in the body and ownership, it prepares the mind for surrender—bhakti becomes steadier when one stops mistaking the perishable body as the real ‘I’ and turns toward the eternal Lord as refuge.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa ritual procedure) is taught in this verse; it is primarily a Moksha-dharma teaching emphasizing discrimination and disidentification from the body.