Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 75

Gaṇeśa Mantra-vidhi: Mahāgaṇapati Gāyatrī, Vakratuṇḍa Mantra, Nyāsa, Homa, Āvaraṇa-pūjā, and Caturthī Vrata

Devanagari script

जपेदर्कसहस्रं तु षण्मासं होमसंयुतम् । दारिद्य्रं तु पराभूय जायते धनदोपमः ॥ ७५ ॥

Transliteration

japedarkasahasraṃ tu ṣaṇmāsaṃ homasaṃyutam | dāridyraṃ tu parābhūya jāyate dhanadopamaḥ || 75 ||

Translation

Si l’on récite l’Arka-sahasra (le « millier » de noms ou de mantras d’Arka, le Soleil) durant six mois, accompagné du homa (oblations au feu), on terrasse la pauvreté et l’on devient riche, comparable à Kubera, seigneur des trésors.

Word by Word

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• अर्कसहस्रम्: a thousand (recitations) of Arka (Sun/Arka-mantra)
• अर्कसहस्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्क + सहस्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (अर्काणां सहस्रम्)

• तु: indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारण/विरोधार्थक-निपात (emphatic/contrast particle)

• षण्मासम्: for six months
• षण्मासम्: Karma/Duration (कालावधि)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षण् + मास (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (षण्मासः = six months)

• होमसंयुतम्: accompanied by homa (fire-offering)
• होमसंयुतम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: होम + संयुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying the practice/recitation); तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (होमेन संयुतम्)

• दारिद्र्यम्: poverty
• दारिद्र्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

• तु: then/indeed
• तु: Discourse particle (निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तु (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (emphasis)

• पराभूय: having overcome
• पराभूय: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पराभू (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), पूर्वकालिक क्रिया (having overcome/defeated)

• जायते: is born / becomes
• जायते: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन

• धनदोपमः: like Dhānada (Kubera)
• धनदोपमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धनद + उपम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; उपमान-तत्पुरुषः (धनदेन उपमः = like Kubera)

Speaker

Narada (in a didactic passage on technical/ritual practice, as preserved in Book 1.3)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Arka (Surya)
• Kubera (Dhanada)

FAQs

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

It presents a disciplined sādhanā—six months of japa supported by homa—showing that sustained mantra-practice, when paired with Vedic ritual action, is taught to yield tangible fruits such as the removal of dāridrya (poverty).

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

Although framed as a ritual instruction, it functions as bhakti-in-practice: steady remembrance (japa) of a deity-form (Arka/Sūrya) and offering (homa) cultivate devotion expressed through daily, time-bound worship.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights procedural ritual know-how—japa with homa and a fixed observance period (ṣaṇmāsa)—typical of Vedanga-linked practice (kalpa-style ritual discipline), and it also aligns with astrological-theological emphasis on Sūrya (Arka).