Shloka 2

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Devanagari script

अनंताख्यं वासुदेवं दृष्ट्वा भक्त्या प्रणम्य च । सर्वपापविनिर्मुक्तो नरो याति परं पदम् ॥ २ ॥

Transliteration

anaṃtākhyaṃ vāsudevaṃ dṛṣṭvā bhaktyā praṇamya ca | sarvapāpavinirmukto naro yāti paraṃ padam || 2 ||

Translation

ಅನಂತನೆಂದು ಖ್ಯಾತನಾದ ವಾಸುದೇವನನ್ನು ದರ್ಶಿಸಿ, ಭಕ್ತಿಯಿಂದ ನಮಸ್ಕರಿಸಿದರೆ, ಮನುಷ್ಯನು ಸರ್ವಪಾಪಗಳಿಂದ ವಿಮುಕ್ತನಾಗಿ ಪರಮಪದವನ್ನು ಸೇರುತ್ತಾನೆ ॥೨॥

Word by Word

• अनन्त-आख्यम्: named Ananta
• अनन्त-आख्यम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अनन्त (प्रातिपदिक) + आख्य (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √आख्यै/आख्यā ‘to name’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: अनन्त इति आख्यः (named ‘Ananta’)

• वासुदेवम्: Vāsudeva
• वासुदेवम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वासुदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; ‘having seen’

• भक्त्या: with devotion
• भक्त्या: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण/साधन (instrumental: with devotion)

• प्रणम्य: having bowed
• प्रणम्य: Purvakala-kriya (पूर्वकालक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र + नम् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययवत्; ‘having bowed’

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• सर्व-पाप-विनिर्मुक्तः: freed from all sins
• सर्व-पाप-विनिर्मुक्तः: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + वि-निर्मुक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; √मुच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषसमासः: सर्वेभ्यः पापेभ्यः विनिर्मुक्तः (freed from all sins)

• नरः: a man
• नरः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• याति: goes; attains
• याति: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: या (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• परम्: supreme
• परम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; पदम् इत्यस्य विशेषणम्

• पदम्: state; abode
• पदम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a Tirtha-Mahatmya setting of the Uttara-Bhaga)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vasudeva (Vishnu)
• Ananta

FAQs

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

It states that Vishnu’s darśana (seeing the Lord) combined with bhakti-filled praṇāma (reverent bowing) destroys all pāpa and leads to the paramam padam—the supreme state identified with liberation.

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

Bhakti is shown as an embodied practice: not only believing, but approaching the deity, taking darśana, and offering humble surrender through praṇāma—actions that purify the devotee and culminate in moksha.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ritual-devotional conduct (darśana and praṇāma) emphasized in Narada Purana tirtha-mahātmyas as a means of purification.