Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
सिंहस्य नादः सुमहान् सर्वप्राणिभयंकरः । ततः सा सिंहसन्नादादुत्प्लुता निम्नगातटम् ॥ १६ ॥
siṃhasya nādaḥ sumahān sarvaprāṇibhayaṃkaraḥ | tataḥ sā siṃhasannādādutplutā nimnagātaṭam || 16 ||
സിംഹത്തിന്റെ ഗർജ്ജനം അത്യന്തം മഹത്തായും സർവ്വജീവികൾക്കും ഭയങ്കരവുമായിരുന്നു; ആ സിംഹനാദം കേട്ട് അവൾ ചാടിപ്പൊങ്ങി നദിയുടെ താഴ്ന്ന തീരത്തേക്ക് എത്തി।
Narada (narrating within the Moksha-dharma discourse, traditionally in dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It highlights how a single overwhelming stimulus (symbolically, fear or the force of destiny) can jolt a being into sudden movement—suggesting the mind’s reactive nature and the need for steadiness on the moksha path.
Indirectly, it contrasts fear-driven reaction with refuge-seeking; bhakti is presented elsewhere in the Narada Purana as turning toward Hari/Vishnu not out of panic, but through deliberate surrender and remembrance.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; it functions as a narrative detail emphasizing psychological response (bhaya) rather than a technical ritual or science.