Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43

The Explanation of Sandhyā and Related Daily Observances

Saṅdhyā-ādi Nitya-karma-Vidhi

Devanagari script

रोगाद्यशक्तो मनुजः कुर्यात्तत्राघमर्षणम् । अथवा भस्मना स्नातो रजोभिश्चैव वाऽक्षमः ॥ ४३ ॥

Transliteration

rogādyaśakto manujaḥ kuryāttatrāghamarṣaṇam | athavā bhasmanā snāto rajobhiścaiva vā'kṣamaḥ || 43 ||

Translation

If a person is unable due to illness and the like, he should there perform the expiation called Āghamarṣaṇa. Or else, being unable, he should bathe with ashes and also with dust.

Word by Word

• roga-ādi-aśaktaḥ: unable due to illness etc.
• roga-ādi-aśaktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + aśakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: 'due to illness etc.' (roga-ādi) + 'unable' (aśakta)

• manujaḥ: a man
• manujaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष/3rd person), Singular (एकवचन)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• agha-marṣaṇam: the Aghamarṣaṇa (sin-removing rite)
• agha-marṣaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक) + marṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: 'sin' + 'removal/forgiveness rite'

• athavā: or else
• athavā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/alternative particle (विकल्पार्थक निपात)

• bhasmanā: with ash
• bhasmanā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhasman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• snātaḥ: bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāta (प्रातिपदिक; √snā past participle)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); 'having bathed'

• rajobhiḥ: with dust
• rajobhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चयार्थक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारणार्थक निपात)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Alternative particle (विकल्पार्थक निपात)

• akṣamaḥ: incapable
• akṣamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Narratorial/authorial voice (didactic injunction)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Āghamarṣaṇa

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