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 ||
പുരുഷൻ ദേഹത്തെ ‘ഞാൻ’ ‘എന്റെ’ എന്നു കരുതുമ്പോൾ, ആ ഭാവം തന്നെ പൂർണ്ണമായി ബന്ധനത്തിലേക്ക് നയിക്കുന്നു; മണ്ണുവീടു മണ്ണും വെള്ളവുംകൊണ്ട് വീണ്ടും ലേപിക്കപ്പെടുന്നതുപോലെ।
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).