Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 42
Dvādaśī-vrata: Month-by-month Viṣṇu Worship and the Year-End Udyāpana
अनेन धान्य दानेन प्रीतो भव जगद्गुरो । एवं कृत्वा व्रतं सम्यक् सर्वपापविवर्जितः ॥ ४२ ॥
anena dhānya dānena prīto bhava jagadguro | evaṃ kṛtvā vrataṃ samyak sarvapāpavivarjitaḥ || 42 ||
হে জগদ্গুরু! এই ধান্যদানে প্রসন্ন হন। এভাবে যথাযথভাবে ব্রত সম্পন্ন করলে মানুষ সর্ব পাপ থেকে মুক্ত হয়।
Narada (in dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition; instructional narration on vrata and dāna)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)
Secondary Rasa: shanta (peace)
FAQs
It teaches that annadāna (gift of grain/food) offered with reverence and as part of a properly completed vrata pleases the divine “world-teacher” and becomes a direct means for purification from sinful demerit.
Bhakti is expressed here as pleasing the Lord/Guru of the world through a concrete devotional act—charity joined to disciplined observance—showing devotion as lived service (sevā) rather than mere sentiment.
The emphasis is on correct ritual execution—“samyak” performance of a vrata—reflecting practical Kalpa (the Vedāṅga concerned with ritual procedure and vows) rather than grammar or astrology.