Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
समाधिभंगस्तस्यासीन्ममत्वाकृष्टमानसः । कालेन गच्छता सोऽथ कालं चक्रे महीपतिः ॥ २७ ॥
samādhibhaṃgastasyāsīnmamatvākṛṣṭamānasaḥ | kālena gacchatā so'tha kālaṃ cakre mahīpatiḥ || 27 ||
His samādhi was broken, for his mind was drawn by the sense of “mine.” Then, as time moved on, that king in due course met his end, falling under the power of Kāla (Time).
Narada (narrating to the Sanatkumara brothers, Moksha-Dharma instruction context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It warns that mamatva (the sense of “mine”) destabilizes samādhi; when inner detachment fails, one remains subject to Kāla (Time) and thus to mortality and worldly decline.
By implication, bhakti matures when possessiveness shifts from worldly ownership to surrender to the Divine; otherwise, attachment pulls the mind outward and breaks steady remembrance and contemplation.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is yogic discipline—guarding the mind from mamatva to preserve dhyāna and samādhi.