Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
भूपादजंघाकट्यूरुजठरादिषु संस्थिता । शिबिकेयं यदा स्कंधे तदा भारः समस्त्वया ॥ ६४ ॥
bhūpādajaṃghākaṭyūrujaṭharādiṣu saṃsthitā | śibikeyaṃ yadā skaṃdhe tadā bhāraḥ samastvayā || 64 ||
当这乘舆仍安置于地上——依于足、胫、髋、股、腹等处——便由多处共同支撑；而当这乘舆置于你的肩上时，全部重担便唯你一人承担。
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches, through a palanquin analogy, that when support is distributed the load seems shared, but when it comes onto one’s shoulder the full reality of “burden” is felt—pointing to discernment (viveka) and detachment from taking ownership of what is not the Self.
By implying that the true “burden” of life should not be carried by ego alone; in Bhakti one offers the weight of doership to the Lord, replacing isolated self-reliance with surrender (śaraṇāgati).
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is directly taught; the verse uses didactic nyāya (instruction by analogy) to convey practical insight into duty, doership, and mental burden.