Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 22

योगस्वरूप-धारणा-समाधि-वर्णनम् (केशिध्वजोपदेशः)

Devanagari script

खाण्डिक्य उवाच । कथ्यतां मे महाभाग चेतसो यः शुभाश्रयः । यदाधारमशेषं तु हन्ति दोषसमुद्भवम् ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

khāṇḍikya uvāca | kathyatāṃ me mahābhāga cetaso yaḥ śubhāśrayaḥ | yadādhāramaśeṣaṃ tu hanti doṣasamudbhavam || 22 ||

Translation

ຂານຑິກຍະ ກ່າວວ່າ: ໂອ ຜູ້ມີບຸນຍິ່ງ, ຂໍຈົ່ງບອກຂ້ອຍເຖິງທີ່ພຶ່ງອັນເປັນມົງຄຸນຂອງຈິດ; ເມື່ອຍຶດເປັນຖານຮອງແລ້ວ ການເກີດຂຶ້ນແຫ່ງຂໍ້ບົກພ່ອງທັງປວງຈະຖືກທຳລາຍ.

Word by Word

• khāṇḍikyaḥ: Khāṇḍikya
• khāṇḍikyaḥ: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: khāṇḍikya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• uvāca: said
• uvāca: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vac (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• kathyatām: let it be told
• kathyatām: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kath (धातु)
• Form: लोट्-लकार (Imperative), कर्मणि प्रयोग (Passive), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• me: to me / for me
• me: Sampradāna/Beneficiary (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• mahābhāga: O fortunate one
• mahābhāga: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mahā + bhāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय (descriptive vocative): ‘great-fortuned’; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सम्बोधन (Vocative), एकवचन (Singular)

• cetasaḥ: of the mind
• cetasaḥ: Sambandha/Genitive (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: cetas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular)

• yaḥ: which/that (he who)
• yaḥ: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); relative pronoun

• śubhāśrayaḥ: the auspicious support
• śubhāśrayaḥ: Karta/Subject (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śubha + āśraya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय: śubha-āśraya; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)

• yad: which (that)
• yad: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन (Singular); correlating pronoun

• ādhāram: support, basis
• ādhāram: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ādhāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• aśeṣam: entirely, without remainder
• aśeṣam: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/Adverbial (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: aśeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); adverbial use ‘entirely’ qualifying hanti

• tu: indeed
• tu: Avadhāraṇa (अवधारण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विरोध/अवधारण (but/indeed)

• hanti: destroys
• hanti: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: han (धातु)
• Form: लट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद (Parasmaipada), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular)

• doṣasamudbhavam: that which arises from faults (fault-born impurity)
• doṣasamudbhavam: Karma/Object (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: doṣa + samudbhava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष: doṣa-samudbhava ‘arising from faults’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

Speaker

Khāṇḍikya

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

It frames liberation practice as a question of the mind’s right “support” (ādhāra): when consciousness rests in an auspicious refuge, the very source of mental and moral faults is cut off.

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

Though this verse is an inquiry (not yet the answer), it points toward Bhakti’s core method: fixing the mind on a supremely auspicious refuge—classically Bhagavān (often Vishnu/Nārāyaṇa in Narada Purana)—so that doṣas lose their foundation.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this line; the practical takeaway is sādhana-oriented—choose a stable ādhāra for the mind (manonigraha/ekāgratā) to prevent the rise of doṣas.