Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 67

Jyotiṣa-śāstra Saṅgraha: Threefold Division, Gaṇita Methods, Muhūrta, and Planetary Reckoning

Devanagari script

बुधशीघ्रस्य शून्यर्तुखाद्रित्र्यंकनगेंदवः । बृहस्पतेः खदस्राक्षिवेदस्रङ्हूयस्तथा ॥ ६७ ॥

Transliteration

budhaśīghrasya śūnyartukhādritryaṃkanageṃdavaḥ | bṛhaspateḥ khadasrākṣivedasraṅhūyastathā || 67 ||

Translation

Untuk ukuran ‘cepat’ (śīghra) milik Budha (Merkurius), digitnya disandikan oleh rangkaian kata: śūnya–ṛtu–kha–adri–tri–aṅka–naga–indu. Demikian pula untuk Bṛhaspati (Jupiter), digitnya disandikan oleh: kha–daśra–akṣi–veda–sraṅ–hūya.

Word by Word

• बुध-शीघ्रस्य: of Mercury (the fast one)
• बुध-शीघ्रस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बुध (प्रातिपदिक) + शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; Genitive singular

• शून्य-ऋतु-ख-अद्रि-त्रि-अंक-नग-इन्दवः: (values) marked by ‘zero-season-sky-mountain-three-mark-mountain-moon’ (coded)
• शून्य-ऋतु-ख-अद्रि-त्रि-अंक-नग-इन्दवः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शून्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ऋतु (प्रातिपदिक) + ख (प्रातिपदिक) + अद्रि (प्रातिपदिक) + त्रि (संख्या) + अंक (प्रातिपदिक) + नग (प्रातिपदिक) + इन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; nominative plural; coded-number bahuvrīhi epithet

• बृहस्पतेः: of Jupiter (Bṛhaspati)
• बृहस्पतेः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive/षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बृहस्पति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी एकवचन; Genitive singular

• ख-दस्र-अक्षि-वेद-स्रक्-हूयः: (values) marked by ‘kha-dasra-eye-veda-garland-more’ (coded)
• ख-दस्र-अक्षि-वेद-स्रक्-हूयः: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ख (प्रातिपदिक) + दस्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अक्षि (प्रातिपदिक) + वेद (प्रातिपदिक) + स्रक् (प्रातिपदिक) + हूयस् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा बहुवचन; nominative plural; coded compound (hūyas = ‘more/greater’, technical)

• तथा: thus/likewise
• तथा: क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; manner adverb

Speaker

Sage Narada (teaching technical Vedic science/astronomy-astrology conventions)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Budha (Mercury)
• Brihaspati (Jupiter)

FAQs

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

It preserves sacred scientific knowledge (Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa) in a mnemonic, mantra-like form—showing that accurate timekeeping and planetary reckoning support dharma, ritual timing, and disciplined spiritual life.

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

Indirectly: by safeguarding correct calendrical and planetary computations, it supports proper observance of vows, fasts, and worship-times—practical structures that sustain steady Viṣṇu-bhakti and daily sādhana.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa using bhūta-saṅkhyā (word-numeral encoding): common objects/terms (like ‘moon,’ ‘mountain,’ ‘eye,’ ‘Veda’) are used to represent digits for planetary parameters of Budha and Bṛhaspati.