Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 35
Saṃsāra-duḥkha: Karmic Descent, Garbhavāsa, Life’s Anxieties, Death, and the Call to Jñāna-Bhakti
मद्धने परैरपहृते पुत्रादीनां कथं वर्त्तनं भविष्यतीति ममतादुःखपरिप्लुतो गाढं निःश्वस्य स्वेन वयसा कृतानि कर्माणि पुनः पुनः स्मरन् क्षणे विस्मरति च संततस्त्वासन्नमरणो ॥ ३५ ॥
maddhane parairapahṛte putrādīnāṃ kathaṃ varttanaṃ bhaviṣyatīti mamatāduḥkhaparipluto gāḍhaṃ niḥśvasya svena vayasā kṛtāni karmāṇi punaḥ punaḥ smaran kṣaṇe vismarati ca saṃtatastvāsannamaraṇo || 35 ||
他人に財を奪われると、「我がもの」への執着から生じる悲しみに沈み、深くため息をついて「今や子らや他の者はどう暮らすのか」と案じる。死が近づくにつれ、生涯に行った業を何度も思い返すが、次の瞬間にはまた忘れてしまい、それを繰り返す。
Sanatkumara (instructional narration describing the condition of the attached person)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It exposes how possessiveness (“mine-ness”) turns loss into intense grief and confusion, especially near death, urging vairāgya and steadier spiritual remembrance over dependence on wealth and family-identities.
By showing the instability of worldly supports at life’s end, it implicitly points to bhakti—steady remembrance of the Lord—as the reliable refuge when wealth, control, and even memory falter.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught here; the practical takeaway is ethical-psychological: recognize mamatā as a cause of duḥkha and cultivate disciplined remembrance (smṛti) and detachment.