Padma Purana — Bhumi Khanda, Shloka 11

The Episode Leading to Vena: Aṅga Learns the Cause of Indra’s Sovereignty

Devanagari script

यथा सुव्रत मेधावी पुराराधितवान्हरिम् । तस्य भावं च भक्तिं च ध्यानं चैव महात्मनः

Transliteration

yathā suvrata medhāvī purārādhitavānharim | tasya bhāvaṃ ca bhaktiṃ ca dhyānaṃ caiva mahātmanaḥ

Translation

（語ろう。）賢きスヴラタが昔いかにハリを礼拝したか、またその大士の内なる心構え、信愛（バクティ）、そして瞑想はいかなるものであったかを。

Word by Word

• यथा: just as
• यथा: Sambandha (Comparative/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: यथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उपमान/प्रकारवाचक (indeclinable; comparative/manner: “as/just as”)

• सुव्रत: O man of good vows
• सुव्रत: Sambodhana (Address/सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सुव्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; सम्बोधन (8/सम्बोधन), एकवचन; ‘सु+व्रत’ कर्मधारय-समास (Masculine vocative singular)

• मेधावी: the intelligent one
• मेधावी: Karta (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मेधाविन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1), एकवचन (Masculine nominative singular)

• पुरा: formerly
• पुरा: Kriya-visheshaṇa (Adverbial/क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: पुरा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (indeclinable adverb of time: formerly)

• आराधितवान्: worshipped
• आराधितवान्: Karta (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: आ-√राध् (धातु) + क्तवत् (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्तवत्-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past active participle); पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; परस्मैपदी धातु √राध् (having worshipped)

• हरिम्: Hari (Vishnu)
• हरिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Masculine accusative singular)

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6), एकवचन (Genitive singular: “of him/of that”)

• भावम्: disposition, inner feeling
• भावम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भाव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Masculine accusative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction: and)

• भक्तिम्: devotion
• भक्तिम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Feminine accusative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction: and)

• ध्यानम्: meditation
• ध्यानम्: Karman (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2), एकवचन (Neuter accusative singular)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (Connector/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक निपात (conjunction: and)

• एव: indeed
• एव: Avadhāraṇa (Emphasis/अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक निपात (particle of emphasis: indeed/just)

• महात्मनः: of the great-souled (person)
• महात्मनः: Sambandha (Genitive/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6), एकवचन; ‘महत्+आत्मन्’ कर्मधारय-समास (Masculine genitive singular: of the great-souled one)

Speaker

Unspecified narrator (contextual speaker not provided in the input excerpt)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Sandhi Resolution Notes

Sandhi Resolution Notes: पुराराधितवान्हरिम् = पुरा + आराधितवान् + हरिम्; चैव = च + एव

Characters & Entities

• Hari (Vishnu)

FAQs

How does this verse emphasize the path of Bhakti?

It links successful worship of Hari with three inner pillars—bhāva (right intention), bhakti (devotion), and dhyāna (meditative focus)—showing that devotion is not merely ritual but a cultivated inner state.

What spiritual practice is highlighted here besides devotion?

Dhyāna (meditation) is explicitly mentioned, indicating sustained contemplative absorption on Hari as an essential companion to devotion.

What ethical or personal quality is implied by addressing someone as “Suvrata”?

“Suvrata” suggests a person committed to good vows and disciplined conduct, implying that moral restraint and steady practice form a supportive foundation for devotion and meditation.