Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 94
Threefold Suffering, Twofold Knowledge, and the Definition of Bhagavān (Vāsudeva); Prelude to Keśidhvaja–Janaka Yoga
देहं चान्यद्यदा पुंसस्सदा बंधाय तत्परम् । मृण्मयं हि यथा गेहं लिप्यते वै मृदंभसा ॥ ९२ ॥
dehaṃ cānyadyadā puṃsassadā baṃdhāya tatparam | mṛṇmayaṃ hi yathā gehaṃ lipyate vai mṛdaṃbhasā || 92 ||
Quand l’homme tient le corps pour autre chose et le prend pour « moi » ou « mien », cette disposition se voue entièrement à la servitude. Comme une maison d’argile se trouve de nouveau enduite de boue et d’eau, ainsi l’identification au corps amasse sans cesse des impuretés qui enchaînent.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-Dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It warns that mistaking the body as the Self (or clinging to it as ‘mine’) is itself the engine of bondage, causing repeated accumulation of karmic and mental impurities—like repeatedly plastering a clay house with more mud.
By exposing bodily identification as bondage, it implicitly points toward shifting identity to the eternal—devotion and surrender to the Supreme (commonly Vishnu in the Narada Purana) as a remedy that loosens ego-based attachment.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is a Moksha-Dharma discipline: sustained self-inquiry and detachment from deha-abhimana (body-pride/identification).