Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33

Daśamī-vrata: Observances for the Bright Tenth Day Through the Twelve Months

Devanagari script

मंडलेऽष्टदले क्लृप्ते गोविड्लिप्तधरातले । मन्त्रैरेभिर्द्विजश्रेष्ठ गणेशादिकृतार्चनः ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

maṃḍale'ṣṭadale klṛpte goviḍliptadharātale | mantrairebhirdvijaśreṣṭha gaṇeśādikṛtārcanaḥ || 33 ||

Translation

Ô le meilleur des deux-fois-nés, après avoir tracé un maṇḍala à huit pétales sur un sol enduit de bouse de vache, qu’il accomplisse l’adoration—en commençant par Gaṇeśa—au moyen de ces mantras.

Word by Word

• मण्डले: in a circle/diagram
• मण्डले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन (singular)

• अष्टदले: with eight petals
• अष्टदले: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अष्ट-दल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगुसमास (अष्ट दलानि यस्य/अष्टदलम्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of मण्डले

• क्लृप्ते: prepared/arranged
• क्लृप्ते: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: क्लृप् (धातु)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन (singular); विशेषण of मण्डले

• गोविड्लिप्तधरातले: on ground smeared with cow-dung
• गोविड्लिप्तधरातले: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गोविड्-लिप्त-धरा-तल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुषसमास (गोविडा लिप्तं धरातलं यस्मिन्), नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neut), सप्तमी (locative), एकवचन (singular)

• मन्त्रैः: with mantras
• मन्त्रैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), तृतीया (instrumental), बहुवचन (plural)

• एभिः: with these
• एभिः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun used adjectivally), पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), तृतीया (instrumental), बहुवचन (plural); विशेषण of मन्त्रैः

• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: O best of the twice-born
• द्विजश्रेष्ठ: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: द्विज-श्रेष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (द्विजानां श्रेष्ठः), पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), सम्बोधन (vocative), एकवचन (singular)

• गणेशादिकृतार्चनः: one who has performed worship beginning with Gaṇeśa
• गणेशादिकृतार्चनः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गणेश-आदि-कृत-अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक; कृत = कृ √कृ धातु, अर्चन = अर्चन प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुषसमास (गणेशादीनां कृतम् अर्चनं यस्य), पुल्लिङ्ग (masc), प्रथमा (nominative), एकवचन (singular)

Speaker

Narada (teaching a dvija/ritual practitioner within the Narada–Sanatkumara instruction stream)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Sārvabhauma-vrata (contextual continuation)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Ganesha

FAQs

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

It emphasizes that successful worship begins with ritual purity (a consecrated space) and proper sequencing—invoking Gaṇeśa first to remove obstacles before proceeding with the intended deity’s mantra-worship.

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

Bhakti here is expressed through disciplined, reverent practice: preparing a sacred mandala and offering archana with prescribed mantras, showing devotion through correct ritual order and sanctified space.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure) through instructions on mandala construction and worship sequence, and it also implies correct mantra application (linked to Śikṣā for recitation and Vyākaraṇa for accurate wording).