Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 45
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
बभूवेक्षुमतीतीरे कपिलर्षेर्वराश्रमम् । श्रेयः किमत्र संसारे दुःखप्राये नृणामिति ॥ ४५ ॥
babhūvekṣumatītīre kapilarṣervarāśramam | śreyaḥ kimatra saṃsāre duḥkhaprāye nṛṇāmiti || 45 ||
ഇക്ഷുമതീ നദീതീരത്ത് കപില ഋഷിയുടെ ശ്രേഷ്ഠ ആശ്രമം ഉണ്ടായിരുന്നു. (അവൻ ചിന്തിച്ചു:) ‘ദുഃഖം നിറഞ്ഞ ഈ സംസാരചക്രത്തിൽ മനുഷ്യർക്കുള്ള യഥാർത്ഥ ശ്രേയസ് എന്ത്?’
Narada (narrating/reflecting within the Moksha-dharma discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It frames the Moksha-dharma mood: recognizing saṃsāra as duḥkha-prāya (largely sorrowful) and turning the mind toward śreyas—the lasting good—symbolized by approaching a great sage’s āśrama.
By questioning worldly “good” in a suffering-filled saṃsāra, the verse prepares the seeker to adopt a higher refuge; in the Narada Purana’s Moksha context, this inner disillusionment commonly matures into seeking Bhagavān’s shelter through bhakti and surrender.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is sādhana-priority—seeking guidance in a sat-āśrama and cultivating viveka (discernment) and vairāgya (detachment) as prerequisites for higher dharma.