Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 158

धर्मायारिसतांत्येर्कात्साद्यत्रिस्वगता स्वभात् । षट्खायाष्टाब्धिखोष्विज्यात्सहाद्येषु विलग्नतः ॥ १५८ ॥

dharmāyārisatāṃtyerkātsādyatrisvagatā svabhāt | ṣaṭkhāyāṣṭābdhikhoṣvijyātsahādyeṣu vilagnataḥ || 158 ||

ពីពន្លឺដ៏ជាធម្មជាតិរបស់ព្រះអាទិត្យ ដំណើរឆ្លងកាត់ផ្នែកនៃរាសីចាប់ពីមេស (Aries) ជាដើម លទ្ធផលត្រូវដឹងតាម «លគ្ន» (សញ្ញាលើក)៖ ក្នុងផ្ទះទាំង៦ និងចំណាត់ថ្នាក់ទាំង៨ ព្រមទាំងកត្តារួមចាប់ពីនក្ខត្រ—ដូច្នេះគួរកំណត់សញ្ញាលើក។

धर्म(term) dharma
धर्म:
कर्ता/निर्देश (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootधर्म (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; (ज्योतिष-परिभाषा: ‘धर्म’ इति संज्ञा)
अयaya (term)
अय:
निर्देश (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (technical)
अरिari (term)
अरि:
निर्देश (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअरि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (technical)
सताम्of the good/true ones
सताम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन
अन्त्यlast/final
अन्त्य:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्त्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (technical label ‘last’)
एर्कात्from ‘erka’ (unclear/technical)
एर्कात्:
अपादान (Ablative source)
TypeNoun
Rootएर्क (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; (पाठदोष/दुर्लभ-शब्द)
with/and
:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootस (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; उपपद/समुच्चयार्थ
आदिetc.
आदि:
समुच्चय (Collective marker)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआदि (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; आद्यार्थ (etc.)
अत्रिAtri (name/term)
अत्रि:
निर्देश (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअत्रि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (technical name)
स्वगताself-gone/within oneself (term)
स्वगता:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वगत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; (technical)
स्वभात्from svabhā (own nature/term)
स्वभात्:
अपादान (Ablative source)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वभा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी-विभक्ति (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; (पाठ: स्वभात्)
षट्खायṣaṭkhāya (six-fold ‘khāya’, term)
षट्खाय:
निर्देश (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootषट् + खाय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (six + khāya)
अष्टाब्धिaṣṭābdhi (eight-ocean, term)
अष्टाब्धि:
निर्देश (Apposition)
TypeNoun
Rootअष्ट + अब्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; द्विगु-समास (eight + ocean)
खोषुin the spaces/zeros (kha)
खोषु:
अधिकरण (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootख (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; (पाठदोष: ‘खोषु’)
इज्यात्should worship/should perform sacrifice
इज्यात्:
क्रिया (Verb/आख्यात)
TypeVerb
Rootइज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सहtogether with
सह:
सहकारक (Associative)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootसह (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; सहार्थक (with)
आद्येषुamong the first/initial ones
आद्येषु:
अधिकरण (Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootआद्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (7th/Locative), बहुवचन
विलग्नतःfrom the ascendant/lagna (as a basis)
विलग्नतः:
क्रियाविशेषण (Adverbial)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवि + लग्न (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formअव्यय; तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त (ablatival adverb) ‘-तः’

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada on technical determination related to dharma and time)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

S
Surya (Sun)
M
Mesha (Aries)
L
Lagna (Ascendant)

FAQs

It frames Jyotiṣa (astral calculation) as a dharma-supporting tool: by reading time through the Sun’s course and the lagna, one aligns actions with cosmic order rather than mere impulse.

Indirectly: it supports bhakti-practice by emphasizing proper timing and order (kāla-dharma), which traditionally helps devotees perform vrata, japa, and pūjā with steadiness and discipline.

Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa—using the Sun’s movement through signs (starting with Aries) and related divisions to determine the lagna/ascendant and interpret outcomes across houses and associated factors.