Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
भूपादजंघाकट्यूरुजठरादिषु संस्थिता । शिबिकेयं यदा स्कंधे तदा भारः समस्त्वया ॥ ६४ ॥
bhūpādajaṃghākaṭyūrujaṭharādiṣu saṃsthitā | śibikeyaṃ yadā skaṃdhe tadā bhāraḥ samastvayā || 64 ||
Tant que ce palanquin repose sur la terre—sur les pieds, les jambes, les hanches, les cuisses, le ventre et ainsi de suite—il est soutenu par plusieurs. Mais lorsqu’on le pose sur ton épaule, alors tout le fardeau est porté par toi seul.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches, through a palanquin analogy, that when support is distributed the load seems shared, but when it comes onto one’s shoulder the full reality of “burden” is felt—pointing to discernment (viveka) and detachment from taking ownership of what is not the Self.
By implying that the true “burden” of life should not be carried by ego alone; in Bhakti one offers the weight of doership to the Lord, replacing isolated self-reliance with surrender (śaraṇāgati).
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is directly taught; the verse uses didactic nyāya (instruction by analogy) to convey practical insight into duty, doership, and mental burden.