Shloka 39

The Greatness of Puruṣottama

Aṣṭākṣarī Maṇḍala-Pūjā and Nyāsa

Devanagari script

मया निवेदितं भक्त्या नैवेद्यं तव केशव । पूर्वे दले वासुदेवं याम्ये संकीर्षणं न्यसेत् ॥ ३९ ॥

Transliteration

mayā niveditaṃ bhaktyā naivedyaṃ tava keśava | pūrve dale vāsudevaṃ yāmye saṃkīrṣaṇaṃ nyaset || 39 ||

Translation

O Keśava, the food-offering (naivedya) has been presented by me with devotion to You. On the eastern portion one should place Vāsudeva, and on the southern one Sāṅkarṣaṇa.

Word by Word

• मया: by me
• मया: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• निवेदितम्: offered
• निवेदितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नि-विद् (धातु) → निवेदित (कृदन्त; क्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; (नैवेद्यम् इति विशेष्यस्य विशेषणम्)

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Hetu/Upaya (हेतु/उपाय)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), एकवचन

• नैवेद्यम्: food-offering (naivedya)
• नैवेद्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नैवेद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• तव: for you / your
• तव: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (प्रातिपदिक/सर्वनाम)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• केशव: O Keśava
• केशव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: केशव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन

• पूर्वे: in the eastern (side)
• पूर्वे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; दिक्-विशेषण (qualifying दले)

• दले: in the petal/leaf-section
• दले: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• वासुदेवम्: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• याम्ये: in the southern (side)
• याम्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: याम्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन; दिक्-विशेषण (south)

• संकर्षणम्: Saṅkarṣaṇa
• संकर्षणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकर्षण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), एकवचन

• न्यसेत्: should place
• न्यसेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: नि-√अस् (धातु; न्यस् ‘to place’)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narada (instructional narration within a ritual section; traditionally framed in dialogue with Sanatkumara)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Keshava (Vishnu)
• Vasudeva
• Sankarshana

FAQs

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

It links inner devotion (bhakti) with precise ritual order, teaching that offerings become sacred when presented to Keśava with devotion and arranged according to prescribed divine placements.

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

Bhakti is expressed as a personal act—“offered by me with devotion”—showing that sincere offering to Vishnu is central, while the ritual placement supports focused remembrance of His forms.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Kalpa (ritual procedure) is implied through nyāsa and directional assignments—how to place deity-forms in specific directions/sections during worship.