Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7

Jyotiṣa-saṅgraha: Varga-vibhāga, Bala-nirṇaya, Garbha-phala, Āyuḥ-gaṇanā

Devanagari script

पुमान् स्री च क्लीबश्चरस्थिरद्विःस्वभावकाः । मेषाद्याः पूर्वतोदिक्स्थाः स्वस्वस्थानचरास्तथा ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

pumān srī ca klībaścarasthiradviḥsvabhāvakāḥ | meṣādyāḥ pūrvatodiksthāḥ svasvasthānacarāstathā || 7 ||

Translation

The zodiacal signs, beginning with Aries, are spoken of as masculine, feminine, and neuter; and likewise as movable, fixed, and dual in nature. Aries and the rest are set forth from the eastern direction onward, and each sign moves within its own proper station in the circle of the zodiac.

Word by Word

• pumān: male (masculine)
• pumān: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pumān (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; irregular stem pumāṃs-

• strī: female (feminine)
• strī: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: strī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• klībaḥ: neuter (sex)
• klībaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: klība (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन

• cara-sthira-dviḥ-svabhāvakāḥ: having movable, fixed, and double natures
• cara-sthira-dviḥ-svabhāvakāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + sthira (प्रातिपदिक) + dviḥ (अव्यय) + svabhāvaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुवचन, प्रथमा (1st case); विशेषणसमूहः—चर (movable) / स्थिर (fixed) / द्विः-स्वभावक (of double nature); पुल्लिङ्गे प्रथमा बहुवचन (agreeing with implied plural subjects)

• meṣa-ādyāḥ: (signs) beginning with Aries
• meṣa-ādyāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: meṣa (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; ‘मेष-आदि’ = beginning with Aries

• pūrvataḥ: from the east / eastward
• pūrvataḥ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: pūrvataḥ (अव्यय)
• Form: दिशावाचक/अवधारणार्थक अव्यय (directional adverb)

• dik-sthāḥ: situated in (a) direction
• dik-sthāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dik (प्रातिपदिक) + stha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; ‘दिक्स्थ’ = situated in a direction

• sva-sva-sthāna-carāḥ: moving in their own respective places
• sva-sva-sthāna-carāḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sva (प्रातिपदिक) + sva (प्रातिपदिक) + sthāna (प्रातिपदिक) + cara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; ‘स्व-स्व-स्थान-चर’ = moving/operating in their respective places

• tathā: thus / likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: उपमान/प्रकारवाचक अव्यय (adverb: ‘thus/so’)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

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 Jyotiṣa (a Vedāṅga) as an ordered, rule-based knowledge system—showing how cosmic patterns (rāśi natures and placements) are mapped for dharma-aligned living and disciplined practice.

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

Indirectly: by teaching correct astrological categories used for choosing proper times and conditions for vows, worship, and observances—supporting steady bhakti through regulated sādhana rather than randomness.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Jyotiṣa Vedāṅga: the standard rashi taxonomy—gender (masculine/feminine/neuter) and motion-type (movable/fixed/dual)—plus the conventional ordering from Aries and their placement across directions used in calendrical and ritual calculations.