Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 63

Mantraśodhana, Dīkṣā-krama, Guru-Pādukā, Ajapā-Haṃsa, and Ṣaṭcakra-Kuṇḍalinī Sādhana

Devanagari script

सदा सञ्चित्स्वरूपेण विधेहि भवदासनम् । त्वत्प्रसादादहं देव कृताकृत्योऽस्मि सर्वतः ॥ ६३ ॥

Transliteration

sadā sañcitsvarūpeṇa vidhehi bhavadāsanam | tvatprasādādahaṃ deva kṛtākṛtyo'smi sarvataḥ || 63 ||

Translation

Établis-moi sans cesse sur Ton siège, dans la forme de la pure Existence-Conscience. Par Ta grâce, ô Seigneur, je suis comblé de toutes parts : rien ne demeure à faire, ni à laisser inaccompli.

Word by Word

• सदा: always
• सदा: कालाधिकरण (Kāla-Adhikaraṇa)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सदा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb: ‘always’)

• सञ्चित्-स्वरूपेण: by (your) being-consciousness nature
• सञ्चित्-स्वरूपेण: करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्/चित् (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (सत्-चित् एव स्वरूपम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन (instrumental)

• विधेहि: ordain; make; grant
• विधेहि: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: धा (धातु) उपसर्ग: वि
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; √धा ‘to place/arrange’ with वि: ‘ordain/do’

• भवत्-आसनम्: your seat/abode
• भवत्-आसनम्: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भवत् (सर्वनाम/प्रातिपदिक) + आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (भवतः आसनम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: from your grace
• त्वत्-प्रसादात्: अपादान (Apādāna/Ablative; cause/source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: त्वत् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + प्रसाद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (त्वत्तः/तव प्रसादः); पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/पञ्चमी), एकवचन (ablative)

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: कर्ता (Kartā/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• देव: O god
• देव: सम्बोधन (Sambodhana/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• कृत-अकृत्यः: one who has accomplished what should be done
• कृत-अकृत्यः: कर्तृ-विशेषण (Kartṛ-viśeṣaṇa)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक; √कृ क्त) + अकृत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय-समास (कृतम् अकृत्यम् यस्य/‘one whose duty is done’); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• अस्मि: am
• अस्मि: क्रिया (Kriyā)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (present), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• सर्वतः: in every way; entirely
• सर्वतः: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सर्वतः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सर्वदिक्/सर्वप्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘in every way/from all sides’)

Speaker

Narada (supplicating the Lord)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Deva (the Lord)

FAQs

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

It expresses the culmination of spiritual practice: being established in the Lord as pure Being-Consciousness (sat-cit), where—through grace—the seeker becomes kṛtākṛtya, fully fulfilled with no remaining obligatory action.

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

Bhakti is shown as surrender to the Lord’s prasāda (grace): the devotee asks to be placed in the Lord’s own ‘seat’ (abidance in Him), indicating that liberation is perfected not merely by effort but by divine favor.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes the Vedantic end of Vedic disciplines: the goal of study and practice is steady abidance in consciousness and freedom from binding obligations (kṛtākṛtya), rather than ritual performance for its own sake.