Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28

Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules

Devanagari script

तद्वक्रमुष्णं संज्ञं स्यात्प्रजापीडाग्निसंभवः । दशमैकादशे ऋक्षे द्वादशर्वाग्रतीपयः ॥ २८ ॥

Transliteration

tadvakramuṣṇaṃ saṃjñaṃ syātprajāpīḍāgnisaṃbhavaḥ | daśamaikādaśe ṛkṣe dvādaśarvāgratīpayaḥ || 28 ||

Translation

その相は「ヴァクラ・ウシュナ」—すなわち「逆行して熱きもの」と名づけられ、衆生を悩ます火より生ずる。これは第十・第十一の月宿において記され、ついで十二の月宿は、その尖端が運行の前方へ向くものとされる。

Word by Word

• तत्: that
• तत्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Reference)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative 'that' (referring to the said condition)

• वक्रम्: retrograde
• वक्रम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वक्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'crooked/retrograde'

• उष्णम्: hot
• उष्णम्: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उष्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'hot'

• संज्ञम्: as a name/designation
• संज्ञम्: कर्म (Karma/Predicate-complement)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संज्ञ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; 'designation/name'

• स्यात्: should be
• स्यात्: क्रिया (Kriyā/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; 'should be/is said to be'

• प्रजापीडाग्निसंभवः: a calamity arising from fiery affliction of people
• प्रजापीडाग्निसंभवः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रजा + पीडा + अग्नि + संभव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; nominative singular; multi-member tatpuruṣa: 'arising from fire (causing) affliction of people'

• दशम: tenth
• दशम: विशेषण (Viśeṣaṇa/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दशम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन (elliptic with ṛkṣe); ordinal 'tenth'

• एकादशे: in the eleventh
• एकादशे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: एकादश (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative singular; 'in the eleventh' (with ṛkṣe understood/connected)

• ऋक्षे: in the asterism
• ऋक्षे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; locative singular

• द्वादश: twelve
• द्वादश: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Compound-member)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश (प्रातिपदिक; संख्या)
• Form: संख्याशब्द; (समासपूर्वपद)

• अर्वाक्: towards/before
• अर्वाक्: सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Compound-member)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अर्वाक् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक-निपात)
• Form: दिशावाचक-अव्यय; 'towards/before' (as compound-member)

• रतीपयः: (the) ratīpa-s (a technical group/name)
• रतीपयः: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रतीप (प्रातिपदिक; uncertain reading; likely a proper/technical term)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; nominative plural; in compound dvādaśa-arvāk-ratīpayaḥ (technical designation)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical/disciplinary enumeration)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It frames celestial conditions as meaningful “saṃjñā” (technical designations), reminding the seeker that cosmic order and its disturbances (pīḍā) are part of dharma-aware living and disciplined practice.

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

While the verse is primarily jyotiṣa-technical, its devotional implication is that a bhakta aligns actions and vows with dharmic timing and accepts adverse periods as occasions for steadiness, japa, and reliance on the Lord rather than anxiety.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa: it uses technical labels like vakra (retrograde/irregular motion) and references ṛkṣa (nakṣatra) enumeration, relevant for calendrical/ritual decision-making and interpreting “heated/afflictive” celestial indications.