Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Kalpa-Lakṣaṇa and Gṛhya-Kalpa: Classifications, Purifications, Implements, and Spatial Rite-Design
अकृते पूर्णपात्रे तु यज्ञच्छिद्रं समुद्भवेत् । तस्मिन् पूर्णीकृते विप्र यज्ञसम्पूर्णता भवेत् ॥ ४३ ॥
akṛte pūrṇapātre tu yajñacchidraṃ samudbhavet | tasmin pūrṇīkṛte vipra yajñasampūrṇatā bhavet || 43 ||
បើមិនបានអនុវត្តពិធី «ពេញភាជនៈ» (ពូរណ-បាត្រ) នោះកំហុសនៃយជ្ញៈនឹងកើតឡើង។ តែពេលបានបំពេញពូរណ-បាត្រ ឲ្យគ្រប់លក្ខណៈហើយ ឱ ព្រាហ្មណៈ យជ្ញៈនោះក៏ក្លាយជាសម្បូរបែបពេញលេញ។
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It teaches that dharmic acts require wholeness: omitting an essential component creates a “yajña-chidra” (ritual flaw), while completing it restores integrity—symbolizing inner completeness in spiritual practice.
Indirectly, it frames devotion as careful, wholehearted offering: just as a sacrifice is perfected by completing its required elements, bhakti is strengthened by sincere, complete observance rather than partial or negligent practice.
Kalpa (Vedāṅga of ritual procedure) is implied: the verse emphasizes that prescribed ritual constituents—like the pūrṇa-pātra—are not optional, because omission produces a technical defect in the yajña.