Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 81
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
यद्यन्योऽस्ति परः कोऽपि मत्तः पार्थिवसत्तम् । न देहोऽहमयं चान्ये वक्तुमेवमपीष्यते ॥ ८१ ॥
yadyanyo'sti paraḥ ko'pi mattaḥ pārthivasattam | na deho'hamayaṃ cānye vaktumevamapīṣyate || 81 ||
اے بہترین بادشاہ! اگر مجھ سے برتر کوئی ہو تو دوسرے یوں کہہ سکتے ہیں؛ مگر ‘میں یہ بدن نہیں ہوں’ ایسا دعویٰ کسی اور کے لیے کہنا مناسب نہیں۔
Sanatkumara (teaching in Moksha-Dharma dialogue)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It rejects dehātma-buddhi (the mistake of taking the body as the Self) and warns against egoic claims of superiority, pointing the seeker toward Atma-jnana as a basis for moksha.
By dissolving body-based ego and rivalry, the heart becomes fit for humble surrender; such humility and inner clarity are supportive conditions for steady Vishnu-bhakti.
No specific Vedanga (e.g., Vyakarana, Jyotisha, Kalpa) is taught directly here; the practical takeaway is ethical-spiritual discipline—checking ego and body-identification—which underlies correct practice of mantra, vrata, and ritual.