Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 105

Śeṣoditya-Sūrya-nyāsa, Soma-sādhana, Graha-pūjā, and Bhauma-vrata-vidhi

Devanagari script

ऋणहर्त्रे नमस्तुभ्यं दुःखदारिद्र्यनाशिने । सौभाग्यसुखदो नित्यं भव मे धरणीसुत ॥ १०५ ॥

Transliteration

ṛṇahartre namastubhyaṃ duḥkhadāridryanāśine | saubhāgyasukhado nityaṃ bhava me dharaṇīsuta || 105 ||

Translation

Hommage à Toi, ô ôteur des dettes, destructeur de la peine et de la pauvreté. Ô Fils de la Terre, sois à jamais pour moi le dispensateur de bonne fortune et de joie.

Word by Word

• ऋण-हर्त्रे: to the remover of debt
• ऋण-हर्त्रे: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक) + हर्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; addressed as recipient of salutation

• नमः: salutation
• नमः: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/उक्ति)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Particle/interjection (नमस्कारार्थक अव्यय) used in salutation construction

• तुभ्यम्: to you
• तुभ्यम्: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular (एकवचन)

• दुःख-दारिद्र्य-नाशिने: to the destroyer of sorrow and poverty
• दुःख-दारिद्र्य-नाशिने: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुःख (प्रातिपदिक) + दारिद्र्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नाशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Dative (4th/चतुर्थी), Singular; epithet in address

• सौभाग्य-सुख-दः: giver of good fortune and happiness
• सौभाग्य-सुख-दः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सौभाग्य (प्रातिपदिक) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; predicate adjective for (त्वम्)

• नित्यम्: always
• नित्यम्: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/काल)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• भव: be (become)
• भव: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भू (धातु)
• Form: Imperative (लोट्), 2nd person (मध्यमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• मे: for me / my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• धरणी-सुत: O son of the Earth
• धरणी-सुत: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धरणी (प्रातिपदिक) + सुत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Vocative (सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Narada (as a devotional recitation/vidhi-mantra within the teaching context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: karuna

Characters & Entities

• Dharani-suta

FAQs

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

It frames material distress—debt, sorrow, and poverty—as conditions that can be alleviated through śaraṇāgati (seeking refuge) and stuti (praise), emphasizing divine grace as the true remover of obstacles.

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

The verse is structured as direct address and surrender—"namas" and "bhava me"—showing bhakti as personal invocation of the deity’s compassionate power to transform one’s life.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects mantra-prayoga (applied recitation) used within ritual contexts—precise epithets and intent (saṅkalpa) for specific outcomes such as ṛṇa-śānti and dāridrya-nāśa, aligning with the technical/vidhi orientation of Book 1.3.