Shloka 30

Devanagari script

तेनापि मुनिना राजा ह्यर्घाद्यैरभिपूजितः । उपविश्यासने कौशे प्राह संहृष्टया गिरा ॥ ३० ॥

Transliteration

tenāpi muninā rājā hyarghādyairabhipūjitaḥ | upaviśyāsane kauśe prāha saṃhṛṣṭayā girā || 30 ||

Translation

ມຸນີນັ້ນກໍໄດ້ບູຊາຕ້ອນຮັບກະສັດດ້ວຍອາຣະຄະຍະ ແລະເຄື່ອງບູຊາອື່ນໆຕາມຄວນ. ແລ້ວກະສັດນັ້ນນັ່ງລົງເທິງອາສນະຫຍ້າກຸສະ ແລະເວົ້າດ້ວຍສຽງຊື່ນບານ.

Word by Word

• तेन: by him
• तेन: करण/सह (Agent-instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन (pronoun)

• अपि: also
• अपि: निपात (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अवधारण-अव्यय (also/even)

• मुनिना: by the sage
• मुनिना: कर्ता (Agent/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• राजा: the king
• राजा: कर्म (Patient as subject in passive/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राजन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• हि: indeed
• हि: निपात (Particle/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: हि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात-अव्यय (particle)

• अर्घ-आद्यैः: with arghya and other (offerings)
• अर्घ-आद्यैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, बहुवचन; Tatpuruṣa (अव्ययीभाव-सदृश ‘अर्घः आदिः येषाम्’—समाहारार्थे)

• अभिपूजितः: was honored
• अभिपूजितः: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अभि + √पूज् (धातु) → अभिपूजित (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मणि प्रयोगः—राजा (कर्म)

• उपविश्य: having sat down
• उपविश्य: पूर्वकाल-क्रिया (Prior action/पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: उप√विश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund)

• आसने: on the seat
• आसने: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आसन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (अधिकरण), एकवचन

• कौशे: of kuśa-grass
• कौशे: विशेषण (Qualifier/विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कौश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; आसने इति विशेष्येण सह (made of kuśa/grass)

• प्राह: said
• प्राह: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √ब्रू (धातु)
• Form: लिट्-लकार (Perfect), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन

• संहृष्टया: with delighted
• संहृष्टया: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संहृष्ट (कृदन्त; सम्+√हृष्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; गिरा इति विशेष्येण सह

• गिरा: speech/voice
• गिरा: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गिर्/गिरा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन

Speaker

Narrator (Purana narrator describing the scene; specific named speaker not explicit in this verse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Muni (sage)
• Raja (king)
• Arghya
• Kuśa

FAQs

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

It highlights dharmic hospitality: honoring a worthy guest with arghya and other offerings, then beginning sacred dialogue in a ritually proper setting (a kuśa seat), which sanctifies the ensuing teaching or narrative.

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

While not directly teaching bhakti, it models the devotional culture of reverence—respectful worship and joyful speech—through which sacred conversations and later bhakti instructions are traditionally received and transmitted.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects kalpa (ritual procedure): arghya as a formal offering and kuśa as a ritually pure material used for seats and rites, indicating correct ceremonial conduct before discourse.