Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 75

Mantra-Māhātmya and Sādhana of Kārtavīryārjuna

Nyāsa, Yantra, Homa, and Dīpa-Vrata

Devanagari script

द्विसाहख्त्र्यां द्विशतमितं च भाजनमिष्यते । शतेऽक्षिचरसंश्यातमेवमन्यत्र कल्पयेत् ॥ ७५ ॥

Transliteration

dvisāhakhtryāṃ dviśatamitaṃ ca bhājanamiṣyate | śate'kṣicarasaṃśyātamevamanyatra kalpayet || 75 ||

Translation

For two thousand (units), a vessel of two hundred (units) is prescribed. For one hundred (units), it is reckoned as ‘akṣi-cara’; and in other cases too one should compute in the same manner.

Word by Word

• dvi-sāhastryām: in (the measure of) two thousand
• dvi-sāhastryām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + sāhastrī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन); द्विगु: 'in two-thousand (measure)'

• dvi-śata-mitam: measured as two hundred
• dvi-śata-mitam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + śata (प्रातिपदिक) + mita (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त from √mā)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'measured as two hundred'

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

• bhājanam: vessel
• bhājanam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhājana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• iṣyate: is accepted/is prescribed
• iṣyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: iṣ (धातु)
• Form: Present tense (लट्), Passive voice (कर्मणि), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

• śate: in (the measure of) a hundred
• śate: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śata (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular (एकवचन)

• akṣi-cara-saṃśyātam: reckoned as 'akṣicara' (a technical count)
• akṣi-cara-saṃśyātam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣi (प्रातिपदिक) + cara (प्रातिपदिक) + saṃśyāta (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुष: 'reckoned/known as akṣi-cara' (technical measure term)

• evam: thus
• evam: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: evam (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• anyatra: elsewhere/otherwise
• anyatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: anyatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (देशवाचक अव्यय)

• kalpayet: one should arrange/compute
• kalpayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kḷp (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada within Vedāṅga/technical discourse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It emphasizes precision and correctness in Vedic practice: sacred acts (yajña, dāna, vrata) become orderly and efficacious when quantities and measures are computed according to śāstra.

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

Bhakti in the Purāṇic sense is not only emotion but also disciplined offering; correct measurement of offerings reflects reverence, care, and fidelity to scriptural instruction while serving the Deity.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

A Vedāṅga-style technical rule for pramāṇa (measurement) and numerical designation—how to fix a standard vessel size for given totals and extend the same computational pattern to other cases.