Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 59
The Exposition of the Saptamī Vow Observed Across Twelve Months
Saptamī-vrata-prakāśana
समर्प्य च भृशं प्रार्थ्य विसृज्याद्यात्स्वयं ततः । एतत्सर्वाप्तिदं नाम संप्रोक्तं सार्वकामिकम् ॥ ५९ ॥
samarpya ca bhṛśaṃ prārthya visṛjyādyātsvayaṃ tataḥ | etatsarvāptidaṃ nāma saṃproktaṃ sārvakāmikam || 59 ||
Nachdem man es dargebracht und inständig gebetet hat, soll man (die Gabe) freigeben und dann selbst fortgehen. Dieser Name ist als Spender aller Erlangungen verkündet worden, der jedes rechtmäßige Verlangen erfüllt.
Narada (teaching in a dialogue context associated with Sanatkumara tradition)
Vrata: Sarvāpti-vrata
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches a complete ritual arc—offering, intense prayer, then letting go and departing—emphasizing surrender and faith in the efficacy of the sacred Name as a means to attain desired goals.
Bhakti is expressed as wholehearted prayer (bhṛśaṃ prārthya) and surrender (samarpya), followed by non-clinging release (visṛjya), trusting the Nāma to confer what is beneficial.
It reflects Kalpa-style ritual procedure: the sequence of offering (samarpya), supplication (prārthya), and formal release/closure (visarjana), which is a practical rule of rite-completion rather than grammar or astrology.