Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 171

Jyotiṣa-śāstra Saṅgraha: Threefold Division, Gaṇita Methods, Muhūrta, and Planetary Reckoning

Devanagari script

त्रिज्याधिकोने श्रवणे वपूंषि स्युर्हृताः कुजात् । ऋज्वोरनृज्वोर्विवरं गत्यंतरविभाजितम् ॥ १७१ ॥

Transliteration

trijyādhikone śravaṇe vapūṃṣi syurhṛtāḥ kujāt | ṛjvoranṛjvorvivaraṃ gatyaṃtaravibhājitam || 171 ||

Translation

যখন শ্রবণ নক্ষত্র ত্রিজ্যাধিকোন যোগে থাকে, তখন দেহসমূহ পাপক (কুজ) দ্বারা গ্রস্ত হয় বলে বলা হয়েছে। সরল ও অসরল গতির মধ্যবর্তী ফাঁক ভিন্ন ভিন্ন গতিপথের বিভাগে নির্ধারিত হয়॥১৭১॥

Word by Word

• त्रिज्या-अधिक-ओने: in the (case of) deficiency/excess by three chords (radius-measures)
• त्रिज्या-अधिक-ओने: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्रिज्या + अधिक + ओन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative singular; समास: त्रिज्या-अधिक-ओन (तत्पुरुष)

• श्रवणे: in hearing; at the ear / in Śravaṇa (nakṣatra)
• श्रवणे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रवण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative singular

• वपूंषि: bodies, forms
• वपूंषि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वपुस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; nominative/accusative plural

• स्युः: may be / should be
• स्युः: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लोट्/विधिलिङ् (optative) परस्मैपद; 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), बहुवचन; ‘may be/should be’

• हृताः: taken away, removed
• हृताः: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त (past passive participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; used predicatively with स्युः

• कुजात्: from Mars (Kuja) / from the evil-born
• कुजात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कुज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन; ablative singular

• ऋज्वोः: of the straight (two) / in the straight (two)
• ऋज्वोः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऋजु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी/सप्तमी, द्विवचन; dual genitive/locative (contextual)

• अनृज्वोः: of the non-straight (two) / in the crooked (two)
• अनृज्वोः: Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनृजु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी/सप्तमी, द्विवचन; dual genitive/locative

• विवरम्: gap, interval, opening
• विवरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विवर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; nominative/accusative singular

• गति-अन्तर-विभाजितम्: divided according to difference of motion
• गति-अन्तर-विभाजितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गति + अन्तर + विभाजित (कृदन्त)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्त (PPP) from √भज् with वि; समास: गति-अन्तर-विभाजित (तत्पुरुष)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical/vedanga-style passage)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara
• Śravaṇa (Nakṣatra)

FAQs

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

It frames cosmic order as measurable and law-governed—showing that embodied life is influenced by time (nakṣatra) and motion, encouraging discernment and disciplined living as supports for mokṣa.

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

Indirectly: by acknowledging afflictive conditions in embodied existence, it implies the need for steadiness and refuge in higher principles; bhakti is strengthened when one remains unwavering despite time-based fluctuations.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga astrology/astronomy): it references Śravaṇa nakṣatra and a specific geometric/positional configuration, and it connects outcomes to differences in motion—an observational basis for calendrical and timing judgments.