Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 92
Threefold Suffering, Twofold Knowledge, and the Definition of Bhagavān (Vāsudeva); Prelude to Keśidhvaja–Janaka Yoga
अदेहे ह्यात्मनि प्राज्ञो ममेदमिति मन्यते । इत्थं च पुत्रपौत्रेषु तद्देहोत्पादितेषु च ॥ ९० ॥
adehe hyātmani prājño mamedamiti manyate | itthaṃ ca putrapautreṣu taddehotpāditeṣu ca || 90 ||
Walaupun Ātman tidak berjasad, orang yang tersalah sangka tetap berfikir: “Ini milikku.” Demikian juga, dia meluaskan rasa “milikku” kepada anak dan cucu, bahkan kepada tubuh-tubuh yang lahir daripada tubuh itu (keturunannya).
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-Dharma dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It exposes the core bondage: projecting ‘mine-ness’ onto the body and then onto family and lineage, even though the true Self (Ātman) is bodiless and unattached.
By diagnosing attachment (mama-bhāva) as delusion, it implies the bhakti remedy: shifting ownership and identity from “mine” to “Vishnu’s,” cultivating surrender and detachment while living in the world.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; it is a Moksha-Dharma point—discriminating the Ātman from body-based relations, which supports right conduct and renunciation.