Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 60
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
अहं त्वं च तथान्ये च भूतैरुह्याश्च पार्थिव । गुणप्रवाहपतितो भूतवर्गोऽपि यात्ययम् ॥ ६० ॥
ahaṃ tvaṃ ca tathānye ca bhūtairuhyāśca pārthiva | guṇapravāhapatito bhūtavargo'pi yātyayam || 60 ||
ఓ రాజా! నేను, నీవు, ఇతరులూ—చెట్లు వంటి స్థావరజీవులూ సహా—ఈ సమస్త భూతసమూహం గుణప్రవాహంలో పడిపోయి మార్పు వైపు సాగిపోతుంది.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It stresses the universality of saṁsāra: all embodied life—humans and even plant-life—moves under the momentum of the three guṇas, so liberation requires rising beyond guṇa-driven identification.
By showing that guṇas govern all conditioned existence, it implicitly points to taking refuge in the Lord (Vishnu-bhakti) as a transcendent support that helps the mind detach from guṇa-currents and seek moksha.
No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this verse; it is primarily sāṅkhya-style moksha instruction about guṇas and the impermanence of embodied states.