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 ||
جیسے باپ محبت سے بیٹے کو دیکھتا ہے، ویسے ہی اُس نے اُس ہرن کے بچے کو دیکھا۔ اسی لمحے اسے بس ہرن ہی نظر آیا؛ اور جان دیتے وقت بھی اُس کا دل اسی میں اٹکا رہا۔
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.