Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 129

The Exposition of the Krishna Mantra (Kṛṣṇa-mantra-prakāśa): Nyāsa, Dhyāna, Worship, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

लाजांते पृथुकं प्राक्च समर्प्य च सितोपलम् । चतुःसप्ततिवारं यः प्रातरेवं प्रतर्पयेत् ॥ १२९ ॥

Transliteration

lājāṃte pṛthukaṃ prākca samarpya ca sitopalam | catuḥsaptativāraṃ yaḥ prātarevaṃ pratarpayet || 129 ||

Translation

Wer zuerst Lāja (geröstete Körner) darbringt, dann Pṛthukā (plattgedrückten Reis) und zudem Sitopala (weißen Kandiszucker) überreicht und auf diese Weise am Morgen die Prātarpaṇa (morgendliche Tarpaṇa) vierundsiebzigmal vollzieht, erlangt das genannte rituelle Verdienst.

Word by Word

• लाजान्ते: at the end (after) the parched rice
• लाजान्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लाजा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
• Form: तत्पुरुष (locative sense): ‘लाजायाः अन्ते/अन्तः’ (at the end/after parched rice); नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन

• पृथुकम्: flattened rice
• पृथुकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पृथुक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (accusative), एकवचन

• प्राक्: first/beforehand
• प्राक्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: beforehand/first)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• समर्प्य: having offered
• समर्प्य: Kriya (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-अर्प् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund): having offered/presented

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक

• सित-उपलम्: sugar-candy lump
• सित-उपलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सित (प्रातिपदिक) + उपल (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
• Form: कर्मधारय: ‘सितः उपलः’ (white lump = sugar candy); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन

• चतुः-सप्तति-वारम्: seventy-four times
• चतुः-सप्तति-वारम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/परिमाण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चतुः (संख्या) + सप्तति (संख्या) + वार (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
• Form: द्विगु (numerical): ‘चतुःसप्ततिः वाराः’ (74 times); पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया, एकवचन; क्रियाविशेषणवत् (adverbial accusative of measure)

• यः: who
• यः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा, एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)

• प्रातर्: in the morning
• प्रातर्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्रातर् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक (adverb: in the morning)

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriya-viseshana (क्रियाविशेषण/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; प्रकारवाचक (adverb: thus/in this manner)

• प्रतर्पयेत्: should satisfy/offer tarpaṇa
• प्रतर्पयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र-तृप् (धातु, causative sense in usage)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative); प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual-instruction context, as preserved in Book 1.3)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

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

It emphasizes disciplined, repeatable morning worship through pratarpaṇa—satiating/propitiating via specific pure offerings—showing that precision in substance, order, and count is itself a form of dharmic focus.

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

Bhakti is expressed here as regulated service (sevā) through offerings: giving simple, sattvic foods in an ordered way at dawn trains steadiness and reverence, turning routine ritual into consistent devotion.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual prayoga (procedure) and numerical prescription—order of offerings and exact repetition count—reflect the applied, technical side of Vedic practice (kalpa-style discipline) preserved in the Narada Purana’s Vedanga-oriented section.