Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 2
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
आत्मव्यतिक्रमं ब्रह्मन्दुर्जनाचरितं कथम् । सोढुं शक्येत मनुजैस्तन्ममाख्याहि मानद ॥ २ ॥
ātmavyatikramaṃ brahmandurjanācaritaṃ katham | soḍhuṃ śakyeta manujaistanmamākhyāhi mānada || 2 ||
Bạch Bà-la-môn, con người làm sao có thể chịu đựng những sự xúc phạm đến danh dự của chính mình và lối hành xử tàn bạo của kẻ ác? Xin Ngài, đấng ban danh dự, hãy chỉ dạy cho con.
Narada (questioning a Brahman-sage interlocutor, traditionally Sanatkumara in this dialogue setting)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: karuna
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It frames a core Moksha-Dharma problem: how a seeker should respond to humiliation and the harm caused by the wicked, pointing toward inner mastery (kshama, self-control) as essential for liberation-oriented life.
By highlighting the difficulty of enduring offense, it implicitly prepares the ground for Bhakti-based steadiness—taking refuge in the Lord and cultivating humility and patience instead of reacting with anger.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyakarana or Jyotisha) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical discipline—restraint of speech and mind—often treated as foundational to any successful mantra, vrata, or devotional practice.