Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 95

Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’

Devanagari script

एवं व्यवस्थिते तत्त्वे मयाहमिति भावितुम् । पृथकूचरणनिष्पाद्यं शक्यं तु नृपते कथम् ॥ ९५ ॥

Transliteration

evaṃ vyavasthite tattve mayāhamiti bhāvitum | pṛthakūcaraṇaniṣpādyaṃ śakyaṃ tu nṛpate katham || 95 ||

Translation

जब तत्त्व इस प्रकार स्थापित हो जाता है, तब हे नृपते, ‘मैं’ और ‘मेरा’ की भावना को कैसे धारण किया जा सकता है, मानो वह अलग प्रयत्न से उत्पन्न और टिकाई जाने वाली वस्तु हो?

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/in this way’)

• व्यवस्थिते: when (it is) established
• व्यवस्थिते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Locative absolute-like)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + स्था (धातु) (कृदन्त)
• Form: स्था-धातोः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग?; सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘when established’

• तत्त्वे: in the reality/principle
• तत्त्वे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन

• मया: by me / for me (as agent)
• मया: Karta (कर्ता/Agent, with infinitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/तृतीया), एकवचन

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Sambandha (Quoted element)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उद्धरणे (within quoted notion)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरणार्थक

• भावितुम्: to conceive (as)
• भावितुम्: Karma (कर्म/Goal of शक्य)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु) (णिच्) / भावय् (धातु)
• Form: तुमुन्-प्रत्ययान्त (infinitive), ‘to conceive/bring into notion’; causative sense (भावयितुम्) implied

• पृथक्-उच्चरण-निष्पाद्यम्: accomplishable by separate utterance
• पृथक्-उच्चरण-निष्पाद्यम्: Karta-samānādhikaraṇa (Predicate of ‘śakyaṃ’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पृथक् (अव्यय) + उच्चरण (प्रातिपदिक) + निष्पाद्य (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; निष्पाद्य = √पद्/पाद्? (नि+√पद्/√साध् अर्थे) यत्-प्रत्ययान्त ‘to be accomplished’; समासः तत्पुरुषः (पृथक्-उच्चरणेन निष्पाद्यम्)

• शक्यम्: possible
• शक्यम्: Kriyā-samarthya (क्रियासामर्थ्य/Predicate ‘possible’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शक्य (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; शक्-धातोः यत्-प्रत्ययान्त (potential passive participle: ‘possible’)

• तु: but
• तु: Sambandha
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अवधानार्थक

• नृपते: O king
• नृपते: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नृपति (प्रातिपदिक; समास)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (नृ + पति)

• कथम्: how?
• कथम्: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (Adverbial interrogative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: कथम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रश्नार्थक (interrogative adverb: ‘how?’)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching a king in Moksha-dharma dialogue)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It points out that once tattva (ultimate Reality) is rightly understood, the ego-notion of “I” and “mine” cannot be legitimately sustained; liberation follows from seeing that separateness is not ultimately real.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By undermining “mine-ness,” it supports surrender (śaraṇāgati): devotion matures when one stops claiming independent doership and possessiveness, offering the self and actions to the Supreme.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is inner discipline—reducing ahamkāra and mamakāra through discernment (viveka) and detachment (vairāgya).