Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 25
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
ममत्व स चकारोञ्चैस्तस्मिन्हरिणपोतके । किं वृकैभक्षितो व्याघ्नैः किं सिंहेन निपातितः ॥ २५ ॥
mamatva sa cakāroñcaistasminhariṇapotake | kiṃ vṛkaibhakṣito vyāghnaiḥ kiṃ siṃhena nipātitaḥ || 25 ||
เขาเกิดความยึดถือรักใคร่ต่อกวางน้อยนั้นอย่างแรง และรำพึงเสียงดังว่า “ถูกหมาป่ากินหรือไม่ ถูกเสือคาบไปหรือไม่ หรือถูกสิงโตทำร้ายจนล้มลงหรือไม่”॥๒๕॥
Narada (narrating a moksha-dharma illustration to the Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhayanaka
Secondary Rasa: karuna
FAQs
It shows how mamatva (the ‘mine’-sense) immediately turns the mind outward into fear and agitation, becoming an obstacle to inner steadiness and moksha.
By highlighting the instability created by possessiveness, it implies that bhakti becomes pure and focused when one replaces ‘mine’ with surrender to Vishnu’s protection and order.
No specific Vedanga technique is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical-psychological discipline (mind-restraint and vairagya) as a support for dharma and spiritual practice.