Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
सर्वलोकोपकरणं बभूवाहारवेतनः । तं तादृशमसंस्कारं विप्राकृतिविचेष्टितम् ॥ ४३ ॥
sarvalokopakaraṇaṃ babhūvāhāravetanaḥ | taṃ tādṛśamasaṃskāraṃ viprākṛtiviceṣṭitam || 43 ||
അവൻ എല്ലാവർക്കും ഉപകാരപ്പെടുന്ന ദാസനായി; വേതനമായി ഭക്ഷണമാത്രം ലഭിച്ചു. എങ്കിലും അവൻ സംസ്കാരരഹിതനായി തന്നെ തുടരുകയും, ബ്രാഹ്മണസ്വഭാവമുള്ളവനായിട്ടും അനുചിതമായി പെരുമാറുകയും ചെയ്തു।
Narada (in dialogue context with the Sanatkumara brothers)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: bibhatsa
FAQs
It warns that mere birth or outward identity is not enough—without saṃskāra (refining disciplines) and proper conduct, one falls into spiritually unwholesome behavior, obstructing dharma and moksha.
Bhakti requires inner purification and sādhana-supported character; this verse highlights that a life driven only by subsistence, without refinement and discipline, weakens the sattvic foundation needed for steady devotion.
It emphasizes saṃskāra and sadācāra as practical dharmic training—closely aligned with Kalpa (ritual discipline) and Śikṣā/Vyākaraṇa as markers of cultured, regulated brāhmaṇa conduct, even though no specific Vedanga is named.