Shloka 47

Kāruṇya-stotra Phalaśruti; Dream-Darśana of Vāsudeva; Manifestation and Pratiṣṭhā of Jagannātha, Balabhadra (Ananta), and Subhadrā

Devanagari script

निःसारे दुःखबहुले कामक्रोधसमाकुले । इंद्रियावर्तकलिले दुस्तरे लोमहर्षणे ॥ ४७ ॥

Transliteration

niḥsāre duḥkhabahule kāmakrodhasamākule | iṃdriyāvartakalile dustare lomaharṣaṇe || 47 ||

Translation

In this world—devoid of lasting essence, crowded with suffering, and tumultuous with desire and anger—muddied by the whirlpools of the senses, hard to cross, and dreadful, making one’s hair stand on end—

Word by Word

• niḥsāre: in the essence-less (world)
• niḥsāre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: niḥsāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (implicit locative context continuing 'sāgare')

• duḥkha-bahule: full of suffering
• duḥkha-bahule: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + bahula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: 'duḥkhena bahulaḥ' (abounding in sorrow); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• kāma-krodha-samākule: turbulent with desire and anger
• kāma-krodha-samākule: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + krodha (प्रातिपदिक) + samākula (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्वन्द्व-पूर्वपद + तत्पुरुष: 'kāmaś ca krodhaś ca' + 'taiḥ samākulaḥ' (confused/filled with desire and anger); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• indriya-āvarta-kalile: muddied by sensory whirlpools
• indriya-āvarta-kalile: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: indriya (प्रातिपदिक) + āvarta (प्रातिपदिक) + kalila (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: 'indriyāṇāṃ āvartaiḥ kalilaḥ' (muddied by whirlpools of the senses); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• dustare: hard to cross
• dustare: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dus-tara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

• loma-harṣaṇe: horrifying, hair-raising
• loma-harṣaṇe: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण/Location-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: loma (प्रातिपदिक) + harṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: 'lomānāṃ harṣaṇam' (causing hair to stand on end); पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a didactic passage; dialogue tradition with Sanatkumāras implied for Book 2 moral framing)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

It portrays saṃsāra as intrinsically unstable and painful—agitated by kāma and krodha and clouded by sensory turbulence—thereby urging dispassion (vairāgya) and a turn toward liberating practice.

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

By emphasizing that the senses create dangerous “whirlpools,” it implicitly points to bhakti as a stabilizing refuge—single-pointed remembrance and surrender that helps one cross what is otherwise “dustara” (hard to traverse).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga technique is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is ethical-spiritual discipline—restraint of the indriyas and management of kāma/krodha—which supports all śāstric study and ritual efficacy.