Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 65
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
तथान्यजंतुभिर्भूप शिबिकोढान केवलम् । शैलद्रुमगृहोत्थोऽपि पृथिवीसंभवोऽपि च ॥ ६५ ॥
tathānyajaṃtubhirbhūpa śibikoḍhāna kevalam | śailadrumagṛhottho'pi pṛthivīsaṃbhavo'pi ca || 65 ||
ข้าแต่มหาราช! ฉันใดก็ฉันนั้น เสลี่ยงนี้และการแบกหามก็เป็นเพียงกิจของสรรพสัตว์อื่นๆ แม้สิ่งที่เกิดจากภูเขา ต้นไม้ และเรือน ก็ล้วนกำเนิดจากแผ่นดินเช่นกัน.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada; addressed as 'bhūpa' within the discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It trains the mind toward vairāgya by showing that celebrated comforts (like being carried in a palanquin) depend on other beings and that all constructed or collected things ultimately arise from the earth—hence they are not fit to be treated as the Self.
By reducing pride and attachment to status-objects, the verse supports bhakti: when one sees possessions and honors as earth-born and dependent, the heart more easily turns to single-pointed remembrance of the Lord rather than to external display.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is ethical-spiritual discernment—seeing material conveniences as contingent and impermanent, which aligns with Mokṣa-dharma instruction.