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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 26

Dharmopadeśa-Śānti: Rules of Impurity, Expiations, and Ancestor Rites

Devanagari script

गोब्राह्मणगृहं दग्ध्वा मृतं चोद्वन्धनादिना । पाशं छित्वा तथा तस्य कृच्छ्रमेकं चरेद्दिजः ॥ २६ ॥

Transliteration

gobrāhmaṇagṛhaṃ dagdhvā mṛtaṃ codvandhanādinā | pāśaṃ chitvā tathā tasya kṛcchramekaṃ careddijaḥ || 26 ||

Translation

牛の家囲い、あるいはバラモンの家を焼き、また絞首などによって死を招き、さらにその殺害に用いた縄（輪縄）を断ったなら、二度生まれの者（ドヴィジャ）はクṛッチラの贖罪を一度行うべきである。

Word by Word
गो-ब्राह्मण-गृहम्the house of a cow (i.e., cowshed) or of a brāhmaṇa
गो-ब्राह्मण-गृहम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootगो (प्रातिपदिक) + ब्राह्मण (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (गोः/ब्राह्मणस्य गृहं)
दग्ध्वाhaving burned
दग्ध्वा:
पूर्वकाल (Pūrvakāla)
TypeVerb
Root√दह् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund)
मृतम्a dead body
मृतम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमृत (कृदन्त; √मृ)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृदन्तः—क्त (PPP) प्रयुक्तं संज्ञारूपेण (‘dead body’)
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Coordinator)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)
उद्वन्धन-आदिनाby hanging and the like
उद्वन्धन-आदिना:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootउद्वन्धन (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (उद्वन्धनं आदिः यस्य—‘hanging etc.’ as means)
पाशम्a noose
पाशम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootपाश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन
छित्वाhaving cut
छित्वा:
पूर्वकाल (Pūrvakāla)
TypeVerb
Root√छिद् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial modifier)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; समुच्चय/प्रकार (adverb)
तस्यof him/of that
तस्य:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
कृच्छ्रम्the kṛcchra penance
कृच्छ्रम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकृच्छ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; (व्रतनाम)
एकम्one (single)
एकम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootएक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण
चरेत्should perform/practice
चरेत्:
क्रिया (Kriyā/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Root√चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
द्विजःa twice-born (brāhmaṇa etc.)
द्विजः:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootद्विज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a dharma/prāyaścitta context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Kṛcchra (one)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
B
Brahmana
G
Go (Cow)

FAQs

It frames severe harms—burning the property of cows/brāhmaṇas and causing death by hanging—as grave adharma, and prescribes Kṛcchra as a purificatory discipline to restore moral and ritual fitness through regulated restraint.

Bhakti in the Purāṇic vision is not separate from dharma: devotion is safeguarded by non-violence, reverence to brāhmaṇas, and protection of cows; when violated, sincere repentance and prescribed penance support a return to sattva and devotional life.

It reflects Dharmaśāstra-style prāyaścitta procedure (a practical ritual-legal application allied to Kalpa/Vedāṅga traditions), specifying Kṛcchra as the remedial vrata for defined offences.

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