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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 82

Bhāgīratha’s Bringing of the Gaṅgā

नमश्चैतन्यरूपाय पुष्टानां पतये नमः । नमोऽकल्पप्रकल्पाय भूतानां पतये नमः ॥ ८२ ॥

namaścaitanyarūpāya puṣṭānāṃ pataye namaḥ | namo'kalpaprakalpāya bhūtānāṃ pataye namaḥ || 82 ||

السلام والخضوع لمن كانت صورته هي الوعي الخالص؛ السلام لربّ وحامي المُنعَمين المزدهرين. السلام لمن يتجاوز كل ترتيب ثابت ومع ذلك يُعيد التدبير من جديد؛ السلام لربّ وحامي جميع الكائنات.

नमःsalutation
नमः:
सम्बोधन/उद्गार (Sambodhana/उद्गार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक
चैतन्य-रूपायto the one whose form is consciousness
चैतन्य-रूपाय:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootचैतन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (चैतन्यस्य रूपः)
पुष्टानाम्of the nourished (beings)
पुष्टानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootपुष्ट (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन; ‘पुष्ट’ = nourished/strengthened beings
पतयेto the lord
पतये:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन
नमःsalutation
नमः:
सम्बोधन/उद्गार (Sambodhana/उद्गार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक
नमःsalutation
नमः:
सम्बोधन/उद्गार (Sambodhana/उद्गार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक
अकल्प-प्रकल्पायto (him who is) both non-creation and creation / beyond and within creation
अकल्प-प्रकल्पाय:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootअकल्प (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्वः (अकल्पश्च प्रकल्पश्च)
भूतानाम्of beings
भूतानाम्:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootभूत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), बहुवचन
पतयेto the lord
पतये:
सम्प्रदान (Sampradāna/सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th), एकवचन
नमःsalutation
नमः:
सम्बोधन/उद्गार (Sambodhana/उद्गार)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; नमस्कारार्थक

Narada (in a devotional stuti within the dialogue framework with Sanatkumara and the Kumara sages)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

I
Ishvara (the Lord)
B
Bhuta (all beings)

FAQs

It worships the Supreme as pure Consciousness (caitanya) and as the universal Protector—showing that devotion culminates in recognizing the Lord as both the inner Self-awareness and the sustaining power behind all beings.

Bhakti here is expressed as repeated namas (salutations) grounded in clear attributes: the Lord is consciousness itself and the guardian of creation; such remembrance (smaraṇa) and praise (stuti) are core devotional practices in the Purana tradition.

Primarily Vyākaraṇa/semantic insight: compound meanings like caitanya-rūpa and akalpa-prakalpa sharpen theological understanding; the verse functions more as mantra-style stuti than as a technical ritual or astrology instruction.