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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 138

Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation

Devanagari script

ध्यानं सद्भिनिर्गदितं प्रत्ययस्यैकतानता । ध्यानं कृत्वा मुहुर्त्तं वा परं मोक्षं लभेन्नरः ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

dhyānaṃ sadbhinirgaditaṃ pratyayasyaikatānatā | dhyānaṃ kṛtvā muhurttaṃ vā paraṃ mokṣaṃ labhennaraḥ || 38 ||

Translation

賢者の宣言するところによれば、瞑想とは、一つの想念に心を一点に保ち、絶えず連続させることである。その瞑想を、たとえ一ムフールタ（約四十八分）でも修すれば、人は至上の解脱を得る。

Word by Word
ध्यानम्meditation
ध्यानम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; abstract noun
सद्भिःby the good/wise (persons)
सद्भिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; instrumental
निर्गदितम्declared/expounded
निर्गदितम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनि√गद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies ‘ध्यानम्’
प्रत्ययस्यof the conviction/faith
प्रत्ययस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; genitive
एकतानताone-pointedness/continuity
एकतानता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएक + तानता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; abstract noun
ध्यानम्meditation
ध्यानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; object of ‘कृत्वा’ (having done)
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having done’
मुहूर्त्तम्for a muhūrta (a short time)
मुहूर्त्तम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुहूर्त्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; accusative of duration (कालाधिकरणार्थे)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक निपात (particle of alternative)
परम्supreme
परम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; qualifies ‘मोक्षम्’
मोक्षम्liberation
मोक्षम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन
लभेत्would obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√लभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
नरःa man/person
नरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a moksha-oriented discourse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)

Secondary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)

Characters & Entities
N
Narada
S
Sanatkumara

FAQs

It gives a precise technical definition of dhyāna as unbroken one-pointedness of a single cognition and emphasizes that even a relatively short, concentrated practice can lead to supreme mokṣa when it is truly steady and continuous.

While framed as dhyāna, it supports bhakti by implying that continuous, single-minded absorption in the chosen divine object (commonly Vishnu in Narada Purana practice) is the essence of effective contemplation—turning devotion into unwavering inner remembrance.

It uses the traditional time-measure muhūrta (relevant to Jyotiṣa/time-reckoning) to make the practice measurable, teaching that disciplined timing plus one-pointed mental continuity is central to successful sādhanā.

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