Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
पितेव सास्त्रं पुत्रेण मृगपोतेन वीक्षितः । मृगमेव तदाद्राक्षीत्त्यजन्प्राणानसावपि ॥ २८ ॥
piteva sāstraṃ putreṇa mṛgapotena vīkṣitaḥ | mṛgameva tadādrākṣīttyajanprāṇānasāvapi || 28 ||
ପିତା ଯେପରି ସ୍ନେହରେ ପୁତ୍ରକୁ ଦେଖେ, ସେପରି ସେ ମୃଗଶାବକକୁ ନିହାରିଲା। ସେଇ ମୁହୂର୍ତ୍ତରେ ସେ କେବଳ ମୃଗକୁ ଦେଖିଲା; ପ୍ରାଣ ତ୍ୟାଗ କରୁଥିବାବେଳେ ମଧ୍ୟ ମନ ତାହାରେ ଅଟୁଟ ରହିଲା।
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in Moksha-Dharma context)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It emphasizes the doctrine of mental fixation (smṛti) at the time of death: the object held in consciousness at the final moment strongly conditions the next state of existence, so attachment can obstruct moksha.
By contrast: if the mind can cling so powerfully to a deer, it can and should be trained to cling to Vishnu/Narayana at the final moment—making bhakti and constant remembrance (smaraṇa) the practical safeguard against worldly attachment.
Not a technical Vedanga lesson; the practical takeaway is yogic/Smriti discipline—training attention and memory through japa, dhyana, and daily recitation so the mind naturally remembers the Divine rather than sense-objects at death.