Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 53

Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules

Devanagari script

द्विभाटजोदिमास्तस्य पंचमैकादशास्त्रिभात् । यन्नक्षत्रोदितो जीवस्तन्नक्षत्राख्यवत्सरः ॥ ५३ ॥

Transliteration

dvibhāṭajodimāstasya paṃcamaikādaśāstribhāt | yannakṣatrodito jīvastannakṣatrākhyavatsaraḥ || 53 ||

Translation

في تلك الدورة تُحسَب الشهور بحسب تقسيمات النكشترَات: اثنان، وخمسة، وأحد عشر، وثلاثة. وتُسمّى السنة باسم النكشترة التي يطلع تحتها جِيفا (بْرِهَسْبَتِي/المشتري) ويُرى.

Word by Word

• dvibhāṭa-jodi-māsaḥ: the month called Dvibhāṭajodi (name)
• dvibhāṭa-jodi-māsaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + bhāṭa (प्रातिपदिक) + jodi (प्रातिपदिक) + māsa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Compound indicating a named month/period; Masculine, Nominative, Singular; subject/topic (textual reading uncertain)

• tasya: of that/of him
• tasya: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• paṃcama-ekādaśaḥ: fifth and eleventh
• paṃcama-ekādaśaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: paṃcama (प्रातिपदिक) + ekādaśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dvandva (enumerative): 'fifth and eleventh'; Masculine, Nominative, Singular (as a collective descriptor; reading uncertain)

• tribhāt: from Tribhā (name)
• tribhāt: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tribhā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Ablative (5th/पञ्चमी), Singular; 'from/than Tribhā' (reading uncertain)

• yat: which/that
• yat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; relative pronoun introducing clause

• nakṣatra-uditaḥ: risen under a nakṣatra
• nakṣatra-uditaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + udita (कृदन्त; √ud/उद्)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: 'risen in/with (a) nakṣatra'; PPP (क्त), Masculine, Nominative, Singular; agrees with jīvaḥ

• jīvaḥ: Jupiter (Jīva)
• jīvaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jīva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular

• tat: that
• tat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Nominative/Accusative, Singular; correlative to yat

• nakṣatra-ākhya-vatsaraḥ: the year named after that nakṣatra
• nakṣatra-ākhya-vatsaraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nakṣatra (प्रातिपदिक) + ākhya (प्रातिपदिक) + vatsara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: 'year named after that nakṣatra'; Masculine, Nominative, Singular

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Jīva (Bṛhaspati/Jupiter)
• Nakṣatra

FAQs

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

It links dharmic life to sacred time (kāla): by understanding how months and years are named through nakṣatras and Jupiter’s appearance, one aligns vows, rites, and conduct with an ordered cosmic rhythm.

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

Bhakti practices often follow vrata-calendars; this verse supports devotion indirectly by grounding observances in precise time-reckoning so that worship, fasts, and sacred days are performed at the proper auspicious times.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Jyotiṣa Vedāṅga: technical calendar/astronomical reckoning—nakṣatra-based divisions for months and the convention of naming a year according to the nakṣatra associated with Jupiter’s rising/visibility.