Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 2

The Pañcarātra Vow (Haripañcaka Vrata): Observance from Śukla Ekādaśī to Pūrṇimā

Devanagari script

नारीणां च नराणां च सर्वदुःखनिवारणम् । धर्मकामार्थमोक्षाणां निदानं मुनिसत्तम ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

nārīṇāṃ ca narāṇāṃ ca sarvaduḥkhanivāraṇam | dharmakāmārthamokṣāṇāṃ nidānaṃ munisattama || 2 ||

Translation

Ô le meilleur des sages, ce vœu écarte toute souffrance chez les femmes comme chez les hommes, et il est la source même de dharma, kāma, artha et mokṣa.

Word by Word

• nārīṇām: of women
• nārīṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nārī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)

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

• narāṇām: of men
• narāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन)

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

• sarva-duḥkha-nivāraṇam: removal of all suffering
• sarva-duḥkha-nivāraṇam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + duḥkha (प्रातिपदिक) + nivāraṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: sarvasya duḥkhasya nivāraṇam = remover of all sorrow

• dharma-kāma-artha-mokṣāṇām: of dharma, desire, wealth, and liberation
• dharma-kāma-artha-mokṣāṇām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dharma (प्रातिपदिक) + kāma (प्रातिपदिक) + artha (प्रातिपदिक) + mokṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (षष्ठी/6), Plural (बहुवचन); itaretara-dvandva (इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व): dharmaś ca kāmaś cārthaś ca mokṣaś ca

• nidānam: cause, source
• nidānam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nidāna (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• muni-sattama: O best of sages
• muni-sattama: Sambodhyā (सम्बोध्य)
• Type: Noun
• Root: muni (प्रातिपदिक) + sattama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Sambodhana (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन); tatpuruṣa: munīnām sattamaḥ = best of sages

Speaker

Sanatkumara (addressing Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Haripañcaka (implied by immediate context)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It frames the teaching being discussed as universally beneficial—removing sorrow for all—and as the root-cause leading to the four puruṣārthas, culminating in mokṣa.

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

By presenting the teaching as the direct means to end suffering and generate dharma through mokṣa, it supports the Narada Purana’s broader emphasis that sustained devotion and right practice become the effective cause of life’s highest aims.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga (like vyākaraṇa, jyotiṣa, or śikṣā) is taught in this verse; it is a purposive summary statement about outcomes—sorrow-removal and attainment of the four aims.