Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 35
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
न ददर्श च कर्माणि शास्त्राणि जगृहे न च । उक्तोऽपि बहुशः किंचिज्जंड वाक्यमभाषत ॥ ३५ ॥
na dadarśa ca karmāṇi śāstrāṇi jagṛhe na ca | ukto'pi bahuśaḥ kiṃcijjaṃḍa vākyamabhāṣata || 35 ||
وہ نہ تو مقررہ اعمال کی طرف متوجہ ہوتا تھا، نہ شاستروں کو اختیار کرتا تھا؛ اور بارہا سمجھانے پر بھی چند بے جان، بے معنی الفاظ ہی کہتا تھا۔
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada on Moksha-dharma and the signs of ignorance/jaḍatā)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It identifies a tamasic, spiritually stagnant condition: refusal to engage in dharmic duties and refusal to study śāstra, even after repeated guidance—showing a mind closed to transformation.
Bhakti in the Narada Purana is grounded in receptive listening (śravaṇa) and guidance from śāstra and gurus; this verse shows the opposite temperament—one that cannot properly receive instruction, thereby blocking devotional growth.
The verse implicitly emphasizes the necessity of śāstra-grahaṇa (taking up authoritative texts); without foundational disciplines like Vyākaraṇa (clear understanding of words) and Kalpa (right performance of duties/rites), one’s speech and practice become “jaḍa” (incoherent and ineffective).