Shloka 48

The Discourse of Rukmāṅgada

Prabodhinī Ekādaśī, Kārtika-vrata, and Satya-dharma

Devanagari script

मया सह विशालाक्षि त्वं चापि तमधोक्षजम् । आराधय हृषीकेशमुपवासपरायणा । येन यास्यसि निर्वाणं दाहप्रलयवर्जितम् ॥ ४८ ॥

Transliteration

mayā saha viśālākṣi tvaṃ cāpi tamadhokṣajam | ārādhaya hṛṣīkeśamupavāsaparāyaṇā | yena yāsyasi nirvāṇaṃ dāhapralayavarjitam || 48 ||

Translation

ໂອ ນາງຕາໃຫຍ່, ຈົ່ງຮ່ວມກັບຂ້ອຍ ບູຊາພຣະອະໂທກຊະ—ຮຣິສີເກຊ—ໂດຍອຸປະວາສ (ອົດອາຫານ) ດ້ວຍຄວາມສັດທາ; ແລ້ວເຈົ້າຈະເຖິງນິຣວານ ປາດຈາກໄຟເຜົາ ແລະການລະລາຍພິນາດ.

Word by Word

• mayā: by me / with me
• mayā: Sahakāraka/Instrument (करण/सह)
• Type: Noun
• Root: asmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), उत्तमपुरुष-प्रयोग; तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन (singular)

• saha: together with
• saha: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saha (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; सहार्थक-निपात (particle meaning 'with')

• viśālākṣi: O large-eyed lady
• viśālākṣi: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: viśāla + akṣi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुव्रीहि-समास (one who has large eyes); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• tvam: you
• tvam: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yusmad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम (pronoun), मध्यमपुरुष-प्रयोग; प्रथमा (1st/कर्ता), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अपि (also/even)

• tam: him
• tam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• adhokṣajam: Adhokṣaja (Vishnu)
• adhokṣajam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: adhokṣaja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम

• ārādhaya: worship
• ārādhaya: Vidhi (विधि/आज्ञा)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ā-√rādh (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• hṛṣīkeśam: Hṛṣīkeśa (Vishnu)
• hṛṣīkeśam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hṛṣīkeśa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुल्लिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन; विष्णोः नाम

• upavāsa-parāyaṇā: devoted to fasting
• upavāsa-parāyaṇā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: upavāsa + parāyaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (upavāse parāyaṇā = devoted to fasting); स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'tvam')

• yena: by which
• yena: Instrument (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन

• yāsyasi: you will go/attain
• yāsyasi: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √yā (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• nirvāṇam: liberation (nirvāṇa)
• nirvāṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nirvāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/कर्म), एकवचन

• dāha-pralaya-varjitam: free from burning and destruction
• dāha-pralaya-varjitam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāha + pralaya + varjita (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास (dāha-pralaya-rahitam = devoid of burning and dissolution); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying 'nirvāṇam')

Speaker

Narada (in a didactic exhortation within Uttara-Bhaga narrative)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Adhokshaja
• Hrishikesha
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It frames liberation (nirvāṇa/mokṣa) as the fruit of worshipping Viṣṇu (Adhokṣaja/Hṛṣīkeśa) with disciplined observance—especially fasting—leading to freedom from torment (dāha) and the fear of dissolution (pralaya).

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

Bhakti here is practical and vow-centered: worship (ārādhana) of the transcendent Lord, supported by upavāsa (fasting) as a devotional discipline that steadies the senses and intensifies remembrance of Hṛṣīkeśa.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The emphasis is ritual-discipline (kalpa-oriented practice): observing upavāsa as part of vrata/niyama supporting worship; it is a procedural takeaway rather than a grammar (vyākaraṇa) or astrology (jyotiṣa) point.