Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 93
Bharata’s Attachment and the Palanquin Teaching on ‘I’ and ‘Mine’
त्वं किमेतच्चिरः किं तु शिरस्तव तथो दरम् । किमु पादादिकं त्वेतन्नैव किं ते महीपते ॥ ९३ ॥
tvaṃ kimetacciraḥ kiṃ tu śirastava tatho daram | kimu pādādikaṃ tvetannaiva kiṃ te mahīpate || 93 ||
你这头颅是什么？而所谓“你的头”究竟是什么——同样，你的腹又是什么？这些脚与诸肢又是什么？实则，噢大地之主，你身上有什么真可称为“你的”？
Sanatkumara (one of the Sanatkumara brothers) addressing a king in a Moksha-dharma instruction context
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It drives self-inquiry (ātma-viveka) by questioning bodily identification—showing that the body and its parts are not the true Self, thereby supporting detachment and liberation-oriented understanding.
By reducing pride in the body and ownership, it prepares the mind for surrender—bhakti becomes steadier when one stops mistaking the perishable body as the real ‘I’ and turns toward the eternal Lord as refuge.
No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa ritual procedure) is taught in this verse; it is primarily a Moksha-dharma teaching emphasizing discrimination and disidentification from the body.