Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 62

Daśamī-vrata: Observances for the Bright Tenth Day Through the Twelve Months

Devanagari script

ततश्च दद्यात्सूर्यार्घं ताम्रपात्रेण नारद । रक्तचंदनसंदनसंमिश्रतिलाक्षतयवांबुभिः ॥ ६२ ॥

Transliteration

tataśca dadyātsūryārghaṃ tāmrapātreṇa nārada | raktacaṃdanasaṃdanasaṃmiśratilākṣatayavāṃbubhiḥ || 62 ||

Translation

ثم، يا نارادا، ليُقدَّم الأَرْغْيَا (arghya) للشمس بإناءٍ من النحاس، بماءٍ ممزوجٍ بصندلٍ أحمر، ومعجونِ صندلٍ عطِر، وسمسم، وأرزٍّ غير مكسور (akṣata)، وشعير.

Word by Word

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb: ‘thereafter/from that’)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय

• दद्यात्: should offer/give
• दद्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दा (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सूर्यार्घम्: arghya offering to the Sun
• सूर्यार्घम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य-अर्घ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (सूर्यस्य अर्घः)

• ताम्रपात्रेण: with a copper vessel
• ताम्रपात्रेण: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ताम्र-पात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (ताम्रं पात्रम्)

• नारद: O Nārada
• नारद: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Address)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नारद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन-विभक्ति (Vocative), एकवचन

• रक्तचन्दनसन्दनसंमिश्रतिलाक्षतयवाम्बुभिः: with (water) containing red sandal (paste), sesame, rice-grains, barley, etc.
• रक्तचन्दनसन्दनसंमिश्रतिलाक्षतयवाम्बुभिः: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रक्त-चन्दन-सन्दन-संमिश्र-तिल-अक्षत-यव-अम्बु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग (समाहार), तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुष (…भिः = ‘with’), ‘mixed with red sandal paste and (other) ingredients: sesame, unbroken rice, barley, and water’

Speaker

Sanatkumara (instruction addressed to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Surya
• Narada

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It prescribes offering arghya to Sūrya as a purificatory daily rite, aligning the practitioner with dharma, vitality, and the cosmic order (ṛta) upheld by the Sun.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

By directing a respectful offering to Sūrya with sanctified substances, it models bhakti through disciplined upāsanā—devotion expressed as reverent, regular worship.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights ritual praxis—proper vessel (copper) and prescribed materials for arghya—reflecting applied kalpa (ritual procedure) and traditional observance within daily Sandhyā practices.