Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27

Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’

Devanagari script

समाधिभंगस्तस्यासीन्ममत्वाकृष्टमानसः । कालेन गच्छता सोऽथ कालं चक्रे महीपतिः ॥ २७ ॥

Transliteration

samādhibhaṃgastasyāsīnmamatvākṛṣṭamānasaḥ | kālena gacchatā so'tha kālaṃ cakre mahīpatiḥ || 27 ||

Translation

तस्य समाधिर्भङ्गमगात्, ममत्वाकृष्टमानसः सन्। कालेन गच्छता स राजा महीपतिः कालेनैव ग्रस्तः, यथाकालं कालं चकार॥

Word by Word

• samādhi-bhaṅgaḥ: break of meditation
• samādhi-bhaṅgaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: samādhi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhaṅga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (samādheḥ bhaṅgaḥ)

• tasya: of him
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• āsīt: was
• āsīt: Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: लङ् (Imperfect), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• mamatva-ākṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ: whose mind was drawn by possessiveness
• mamatva-ākṛṣṭa-mānasaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of mahīpatiḥ)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: mamatva (प्रातिपदिक) + ākṛṣṭa (कृदन्त; √kṛṣ धातु, क्त) + mānasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; बहुव्रीहि (mamatvena ākṛṣṭaṃ mānasaṃ yasya saḥ)

• kālena: by time
• kālena: Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular

• gacchatā: passing, going
• gacchatā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण of kālena)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √gam (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/Present active participle), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular, Masculine/Neuter agreeing with kālena (kālena gacchatā)

• saḥ: he
• saḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• atha: then
• atha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atha (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; discourse particle (अनन्तरार्थक/then)

• kālam: time (period)
• kālam: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kāla (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular

• cakre: made, spent
• cakre: Kriyā (क्रिया/verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √kṛ (धातु)
• Form: लिट् (Perfect), 3rd Person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular; आत्मनेपद

• mahīpatiḥ: the king
• mahīpatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahīpati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

Speaker

Narada (narrating to the Sanatkumara brothers, Moksha-Dharma instruction context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Kala (Time)
• Mahipati (King)

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It warns that mamatva (the sense of “mine”) destabilizes samādhi; when inner detachment fails, one remains subject to Kāla (Time) and thus to mortality and worldly decline.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By implication, bhakti matures when possessiveness shifts from worldly ownership to surrender to the Divine; otherwise, attachment pulls the mind outward and breaks steady remembrance and contemplation.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is yogic discipline—guarding the mind from mamatva to preserve dhyāna and samādhi.