Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 143

The Exposition of the Krishna Mantra (Kṛṣṇa-mantra-prakāśa): Nyāsa, Dhyāna, Worship, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

प्रसूनैः क्षत्रियान्वैश्यान्कुरंङकुसुमैस्तथा । पाटलोत्थैश्च कुसुमैर्वशयेदंतिमान्सुधीः ॥ १४३ ॥

Transliteration

prasūnaiḥ kṣatriyānvaiśyānkuraṃṅakusumaistathā | pāṭalotthaiśca kusumairvaśayedaṃtimānsudhīḥ || 143 ||

Translation

Con flores—como los brotes y las corolas del árbol pāṭalā—el sabio debe someter a los orgullosos o voluntariosos, poniéndolos bajo control.

Word by Word

• prasūnaiḥ: with flowers
• prasūnaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prasūna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kṣatriyān: Kṣatriyas
• kṣatriyān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣatriya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vaiśyān: Vaiśyas
• vaiśyān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vaiśya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• kuraṅga-kusumaiḥ: with kuraṅga-flowers
• kuraṅga-kusumaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kuraṅga-kusuma (प्रातिपदिक; kuraṅga + kusuma)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); ‘flowers of kuraṅga’ (a plant name)

• tathā: likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (प्रकारवाचक-अव्यय): ‘thus/likewise’

• pāṭala-utthaiḥ: with pāṭala-produced
• pāṭala-utthaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: pāṭala-uttha (प्रातिपदिक; pāṭala + uttha)
• Form: Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन); adjective qualifying ‘kusumaiḥ’; ‘arisen from/produced by pāṭala’

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction (समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय): ‘and’

• kusumaiḥ: with flowers
• kusumaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kusuma (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• vaśayet: should bring under control
• vaśayet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √vaś (वश्, धातु)
• Form: Causative (णिजन्त), Optative/vidhi-lin (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular

• antimān: the lowest (people)
• antimān: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: antima (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन); used as noun: ‘the last/lowest (classes)’

• sudhīḥ: the wise man
• sudhīḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: su-dhī (प्रातिपदिक; su + dhī)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); ‘one of good intellect’

Speaker

Narrator/authorial voice (didactic instruction)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Kṣatriya
• Vaiśya
• pāṭala
• kuraṅga (flower)

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