Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 40

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

Devanagari script

यो मे सौम्यगतः पाप्मा पापकेनेह कर्मणा । सोमस्तमृक्षयक्षेशो नाशयत्वखिलेष्टदः ॥ ४० ॥

Transliteration

yo me saumyagataḥ pāpmā pāpakeneha karmaṇā | somastamṛkṣayakṣeśo nāśayatvakhileṣṭadaḥ || 40 ||

Translation

হে সৌম্য! ইয়াত মোৰ পাপকর্মৰ ফলত যি পাপ মোৰ ওপৰত আহিছে, ঋক্ষ আৰু যক্ষসকলৰ অধীশ্বৰ আৰু সৰ্ব ইষ্টদাতা সোমদেৱে তাক নাশ কৰক।

Word by Word

• yaḥ: who/that (sin)
• yaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धसूचकः

• me: my/of me
• me: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी, एकवचन; enclitic

• saumya-gataḥ: gone into Soma / situated in Soma
• saumya-gataḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण of pāpmā)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: saumya (प्रातिपदिक; ‘of Soma/related to Soma’) + gata (कृदन्त; √gam)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘gata’

• pāpmā: sin, evil
• pāpmā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāpmā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• pāpakena: by evil
• pāpakena: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāpaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of karmaṇā)

• iha: here
• iha: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक

• karmaṇā: by the deed
• karmaṇā: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: karman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन

• somaḥ: Soma (Moon-god)
• somaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: soma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• tam: that (sin)
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ṛkṣa-yakṣa-īśaḥ: lord of the Ṛkṣas and Yakṣas
• ṛkṣa-yakṣa-īśaḥ: Apposition (समनाधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ṛkṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + yakṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + īśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘lord of …’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समनाधिकरणम् (appositive to somaḥ)

• nāśayatu: may (he) destroy
• nāśayatu: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √naś (नाशे) [णिच्: nāśay-]
• Form: लोट् (Imperative), प्रथम-पुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• akhila-iṣṭa-daḥ: giver of all desired (boons)
• akhila-iṣṭa-daḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akhila (प्रातिपदिक) + iṣṭa (कृदन्त) + da (प्रातिपदिक from √dā)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषणम् (of somaḥ)

Speaker

Narada (prayerful utterance within the Narada Purana’s anukramaṇikā-style narration; addressed to a 'saumya' interlocutor)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Soma
• Yakshas
• Rikshas

FAQs

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

It frames sin (pāpmā) as a karmic impurity that can be neutralized through sincere invocation of a divine power—here Soma—emphasizing purification and inner rectification rather than denial of wrongdoing.

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

Bhakti appears as humble surrender: the speaker admits fault and prays to a deity described as akhileṣṭada (giver of all boons), trusting divine grace to dissolve the consequences of harmful actions.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse implicitly aligns with Jyotiṣa-related devotion to Soma (the Moon), a key graha in Vedic astrology, where Soma is traditionally invoked for mental clarity, emotional steadiness, and purification from afflictive karmas.