Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 29
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
मृगो बभूव स मुने तादृशीं भावनां गतः । जाति स्मरत्वादुद्विग्नः संसारस्य द्विजोत्तम ॥ २९ ॥
mṛgo babhūva sa mune tādṛśīṃ bhāvanāṃ gataḥ | jāti smaratvādudvignaḥ saṃsārasya dvijottama || 29 ||
Ô sage, il devint un cerf, étant tombé dans un tel état intérieur. Et parce qu’il se souvenait de sa naissance antérieure, ô meilleur des deux-fois-nés, il fut tourmenté par le saṃsāra, l’existence mondaine.
Narada (in dialogue with the Sanatkumara tradition; addressing a sage/brāhmaṇa as 'mune'/'dvijottama')
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that one’s dominant inner contemplation (bhāvanā) can shape the next birth, and that remembering the higher goal makes saṃsāra feel painful—awakening dispassion (vairāgya) and the urge for liberation.
By implying that the mind’s fixation determines destiny, it supports bhakti as disciplined God-centered remembrance; steady devotion redirects bhāvanā away from worldly attachments and toward liberation.
No specific Vedāṅga is directly taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is psychological discipline—guarding bhāvanā (mental cultivation), which underlies effective japa, vrata observance, and all sādhana.