Shloka 9

Pātivratya-kathana

The Narrative of the Pativrata

Devanagari script

पश्यमानो गिरीन्देशान्सरांसिसरितस्तथा ॥ । इयं हि जननी पुत्र तव प्रीतिविवर्द्धिनी ॥ ९ ॥

Transliteration

paśyamāno girīndeśānsarāṃsisaritastathā || | iyaṃ hi jananī putra tava prītivivarddhinī || 9 ||

Translation

ನೀನು ಪರ್ವತಪ್ರದೇಶಗಳು, ಸರೋವರಗಳು ಮತ್ತು ನದಿಗಳನ್ನು ನೋಡುವಾಗ ತಿಳಿದುಕೋ, ಮಗನೇ—ಈ ಪವಿತ್ರ ಭೂಮಿಯೇ ನಿನ್ನ ಜನನಿ; ಅದು ನಿನ್ನ ಪ್ರೀತಿ ಮತ್ತು ಭಕ್ತಿಯನ್ನು ವೃದ್ಧಿಸುತ್ತದೆ.

Word by Word

• paśyamānaḥ: seeing
• paśyamānaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; participial)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √paś (धातु) + -māna (शतृ/कृत्)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ/वर्तमान कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• girīn: mountains
• girīn: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: giri (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• deśān: regions
• deśān: Karma (कर्म/Object; in coordination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: deśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• sarāṃsi: lakes
• sarāṃsi: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saras (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• saritaḥ: rivers
• saritaḥ: Karma (कर्म/Object; in coordination)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sarit (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Plural (बहुवचन)

• tathā: likewise/also
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Adverbial connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण अव्यय)

• iyam: this (woman)
• iyam: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: idam (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), causal/emphatic

• jananī: mother
• jananī: Karta (कर्ता/Subject; predicate nominative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: jananī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• putra: O son
• putra: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: putra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Vocative (8th/सम्बोधन), Singular (एकवचन)

• tava: your
• tava: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Possessor)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun (सर्वनाम), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• prīti-vivarddhinī: increasing (your) love
• prīti-vivarddhinī: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier of jananī)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prīti (प्रातिपदिक) + vivarddhinī (प्रातिपदिक; from vi-√vṛdh)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष): ‘(your) affection-increasing’; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (addressing Narada in a tirtha-mahatmya travel context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It sacralizes the landscape itself—mountains, lakes, and rivers—teaching that sacred geography functions like a ‘mother’ that nurtures inner reverence and elevates the pilgrim’s devotional disposition.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

Bhakti here is cultivated through darśana (reverent seeing) during yātrā: by consciously beholding tīrthas and natural sanctuaries, one’s prīti (loving devotion) naturally increases.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse emphasizes yātrā-dharma and tīrtha-darśana as practical discipline rather than a specific Vedāṅga; it points to applied dharma—how to engage the senses (seeing) to support sādhana and purification.