Shloka 32

The Discourse of Rukmāṅgada

Prabodhinī Ekādaśī, Kārtika-vrata, and Satya-dharma

Devanagari script

प्रातर्हरिदिनं लोकास्तिष्ठध्वं त्वेकभोजनाः । अक्षारलवणाः सर्वे हविष्यान्ननिषेविणः ॥ ३२ ॥

Transliteration

prātarharidinaṃ lokāstiṣṭhadhvaṃ tvekabhojanāḥ | akṣāralavaṇāḥ sarve haviṣyānnaniṣeviṇaḥ || 32 ||

Translation

"يا أيها الناس، استيقظوا مبكراً في يوم هاري. التزموا بنذر تناول وجبة واحدة فقط؛ وتجنبوا المواد القلوية والملح؛ وتناولوا فقط طعام الهافيشيا (طعام القربان البسيط)."

Word by Word

• prātaḥ: in the morning
• prātaḥ: Kāla (कालः / Time)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: prātaḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb ‘in the morning’

• hari-dinam: (for) the day of Hari
• hari-dinam: Kāla-adhikaraṇa (कालाधिकरणम् / Temporal extent)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hari (प्रातिपदिक) + dina (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napuṃsakaliṅga, Dvitīyā, Ekavacana; tatpuruṣa ‘day of Hari (Viṣṇu)’; adverbial accusative of time-span

• lokāḥ: O people
• lokāḥ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधनम् / Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: loka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Sambodhana/Prathamā, Bahuvacana; address to people

• tiṣṭhadhvam: stand/remain (observe)
• tiṣṭhadhvam: Kriyā (क्रिया / Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: sthā (धातु)
• Form: Loṭ-lakāra (Imperative/लोट्), Ātmanepada, Madhyama-puruṣa (2nd), Bahuvacana

• tu: indeed
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle; emphasis/contrast

• eka-bhojanāḥ: eating only once
• eka-bhojanāḥ: Karta-dharma (कर्तृधर्मः / Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: eka (प्रातिपदिक) + bhojana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa ‘having one meal’ (qualifying lokāḥ)

• a-kṣāra-lavaṇāḥ: without alkali and salt
• a-kṣāra-lavaṇāḥ: Karta-dharma (कर्तृधर्मः / Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: a- (नञ्) + kṣāra (प्रातिपदिक) + lavaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; dvandva ‘alkali and salt’ with negation: ‘without alkali and salt’

• sarve: all
• sarve: Karta-dharma (कर्तृधर्मः / Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; agrees with lokāḥ

• haviṣya-anna-niṣeviṇaḥ: partaking only of haviṣya food
• haviṣya-anna-niṣeviṇaḥ: Karta-dharma (कर्तृधर्मः / Subject qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: haviṣya (प्रातिपदik) + anna (प्रातिपदik) + niṣeviṇ (प्रातिपदik; from धातु sev with ni-)
• Form: Puṃliṅga, Prathamā, Bahuvacana; tatpuruṣa ‘those who partake of haviṣya-food’

Speaker

Narada (as an instructive voice within the vrata/mahatmya narration of Uttara-Bhaga)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)

FAQs

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

It teaches that devotion to Hari is supported by disciplined daily conduct—rising early, regulating the senses through a one-meal vow, and maintaining dietary purity with simple haviṣya food.

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

Bhakti is presented as practical and embodied: honoring Hari “daily” through self-restraint and sattvic living, making the mind fit for remembrance, worship, and pilgrimage-based merit.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual discipline (kalpa-oriented practice) is implied through the use of “haviṣyānna,” a standard vow/rite food category, along with vrata rules like ekabhojana and dietary restrictions used to preserve śauca (purity).