Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 113

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

Devanagari script

अजादिकेंद्रे सर्वेषां मांद्ये शैघ्र्ये च कर्मणि । धनं ग्रहाणां लिप्तादि तुलादावृणमेव तत् ॥ ११३ ॥

Transliteration

ajādikeṃdre sarveṣāṃ māṃdye śaighrye ca karmaṇi | dhanaṃ grahāṇāṃ liptādi tulādāvṛṇameva tat || 113 ||

Translation

Wenn alle Planeten in den Winkelhäusern (kendra) stehen, beginnend mit Widder (Aries), zeigen sich ihre Wirkungen in Handlungen als māṃdya (Langsamkeit) oder śaighrya (Schnelligkeit). Was „dhana“ betrifft, so sind die planetaren Maße wie liptā und verwandte—von Waage (Libra) an—als Hinweis auf Schuld (ṛṇa) allein zu verstehen.

Word by Word

• अज-आदि-केन्द्रे: in the centers (signs) beginning with Aries
• अज-आदि-केन्द्रे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अज (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) + केन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; तत्पुरुष: ‘अजादीनां केन्द्रे’ = in the centers beginning with Aries; अधिकरणे

• सर्वेषाम्: of all
• सर्वेषाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी बहुवचन; सर्वनामसदृश-विशेषण

• मांद्ये: in māndya (slowness computation)
• मांद्ये: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मांद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• शैघ्र्ये: in śaighrya (swiftness computation)
• शैघ्र्ये: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शैघ्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Conjunction/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय

• कर्मणि: in the operation/procedure
• कर्मणि: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी एकवचन; अधिकरणे

• धनम्: positive quantity
• धनम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• ग्रहाणाम्: of the planets
• ग्रहाणाम्: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ग्रह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी बहुवचन

• लिप्त-आदि: (in) minutes etc.
• लिप्त-आदि: विशेषण (Adjectival modifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: लिप्त (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘minutes etc.’; विशेषणम्

• तुला-आदौ: in Tulā (Libra) etc.
• तुला-आदौ: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तुला (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव; ‘आदौ’ locative-form used adverbially: ‘in Libra etc.’

• ऋणम्: negative quantity / debt
• ऋणम्: विधेय (Predicate nominal/विधेय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: सम्बन्ध (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण

• तत्: that
• तत्: अन्वय (Anaphoric reference/सर्वनाम)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; सर्वनाम

Speaker

Narada (teaching a technical astrological rule within the Moksha-Dharma section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

FAQs

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

It frames worldly outcomes—speed or delay in action and gain or debt—as patterned results of cosmic order (ṛta) read through Jyotiṣa, encouraging disciplined, dharmic decision-making rather than impulsive attachment to outcomes.

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

Indirectly: by showing that material conditions like wealth or debt fluctuate by time and karmic indicators, it supports the Bhakti attitude of steadiness and surrender—acting rightly while keeping the mind anchored beyond changing results.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa: a rule connecting planetary placement in kendras (from Aries) with the pace of results in karma, and a financial indication where specific planetary measures (liptā-ādi), from Libra onward, are read as pointing to debt.