Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 75

Jyotiṣa-śāstra Saṅgraha: Threefold Division, Gaṇita Methods, Muhūrta, and Planetary Reckoning

Devanagari script

मनुदस्रास्तु कौजस्य बौधस्याष्टाष्टसागराः । कृताद्रिचंद्राजैवस्य रवैकस्याग्निरवनंदकाः ॥ ७५ ॥

Transliteration

manudasrāstu kaujasya baudhasyāṣṭāṣṭasāgarāḥ | kṛtādricaṃdrājaivasya ravaikasyāgniravanaṃdakāḥ || 75 ||

Translation

കൗജ (ചൊവ്വ)യുടെ പാത-ചിഹ്നങ്ങൾ ‘മനുദസ്ര’ എന്നു; ബൗധ (ബുധൻ)ക്ക് ‘അഷ്ട-അഷ്ട-സാഗരങ്ങൾ’ എന്നു. കൃതാദ്രി, ചന്ദ്രാജ, ഐവസ്യ എന്നിവയ്ക്കും ‘രവൈക’ എന്നിടത്ത് ‘അഗ്നി, രവ, നന്ദക’ എന്നും നിർദ്ദേശിക്കപ്പെട്ടിരിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• manu-dasrāḥ: Manu and Dasra (a named pair/group)
• manu-dasrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक) + dasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• tu: indeed / but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• kaujasya: of Kauja
• kaujasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• baudhasya: of Baudha
• baudhasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: baudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• aṣṭa-aṣṭa-sāgarāḥ: the (set of) eight-and-eight oceans
• aṣṭa-aṣṭa-sāgarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + aṣṭa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (numeral compound) indicating ‘eight-and-eight oceans’ as a named count

• kṛta-adri-caṃdra-jaivasya: of Kṛta, Adri, Caṃdra, and Jaiva (as a group/name-series)
• kṛta-adri-caṃdra-jaivasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + adri (प्रातिपदिक) + caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक) + jaiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; बहुपद-द्वन्द्व (name-list compound)

• ravaikasya: of Ravaika
• ravaikasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rava (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (ekaḥ ravaḥ = ‘the single Rava’/Ravaika as name)

• agni-rava-naṃdakāḥ: Agni, Rava, and Naṃdaka (a named group)
• agni-rava-naṃdakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + rava (प्रातिपदिक) + naṃdaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (name-list)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (continuing the enumerative narration to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

• Agni

FAQs

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

This verse functions as an enumerative record of named groups and descendants; in the Moksha-Dharma stream it preserves traditional lineage-memory (smṛti) that supports dharma through continuity of sacred history.

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

It does not teach bhakti directly; instead it supplies the narrative framework (who belongs to which line) within which later teachings on devotion, vows, and liberation are situated.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Primarily Nirukta-style onomastic attention (proper names and group-names) and Itihasa-Purana anukrama (systematic listing); it is not a direct instruction on ritual, grammar, or astrology in this specific verse.