Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 86

Jyotiṣa-saṅgraha: Varga-vibhāga, Bala-nirṇaya, Garbha-phala, Āyuḥ-gaṇanā

Devanagari script

चंद्रास्तसुखगः पापैर्मातुः पीडां समादिशेत् । जीर्णोद्धृतं गृहं मंदे सृजि दग्धं न वा विधौ ॥ ८६ ॥

Transliteration

caṃdrāstasukhagaḥ pāpairmātuḥ pīḍāṃ samādiśet | jīrṇoddhṛtaṃ gṛhaṃ maṃde sṛji dagdhaṃ na vā vidhau || 86 ||

Translation

പാപഗ്രഹങ്ങളാൽ ദൂഷിതമായ ചന്ദ്രൻ അസ്ത-സുഖഗ നിലയിൽ ചെന്നാൽ, അത് മാതാവിന് പീഡയെ സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു. ശനി മന്ദമായാൽ, ജീർണ്ണമായി പിന്നെ പുതുക്കിയ ഗൃഹം സൂചിപ്പിക്കുന്നു—അത് അഗ്നിയിൽ ദഗ്ധമാകാം, അല്ലെങ്കിൽ വിധിവശാൽ നിലനിൽക്കാതിരിക്കാം.

Word by Word

• चन्द्र-अस्त-सुख-गः: (when) the Moon is in setting/inauspicious position
• चन्द्र-अस्त-सुख-गः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अस्त (प्रातिपदिक) + सुख (प्रातिपदिक) + ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; nominative singular (astrol.: Moon in setting/inauspicious place)

• पापैः: by malefics/evil (planets)
• पापैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया, बहुवचन; instrumental plural (by malefics)

• मातुः: of the mother
• मातुः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मातृ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी, एकवचन; genitive singular

• पीडाम्: affliction/pain
• पीडाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पीडा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन; accusative singular

• समादिशेत्: should predict/indicate
• समादिशेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम् + आ + दिश् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; optative

• जीर्ण-उद्धृतम्: old and dug-up/removed (dilapidated)
• जीर्ण-उद्धृतम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीर्ण (कृदन्त) + उद्धृत (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त-द्वन्द्व, नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with गृहं

• गृहम्: house
• गृहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; nominative/accusative singular (context: ‘(is) a house…’)

• मन्दे: when Saturn is (there)
• मन्दे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्द (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative singular (Saturn)

• सृजि: in/at ‘sṛji’ (term uncertain)
• सृजि: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सृज्/सृजि (प्रातिपदिक/स्थानवाचक)
• Form: (दुर्लभ-रूप) सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative singular; place-name/term (reading uncertain)

• दग्धम्: burnt
• दग्धम्: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दह् (धातु) → दग्ध (कृदन्त)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agreeing with गृहं

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेधार्थक-अव्यय (negation particle)

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (disjunctive particle)

• विधौ: when the Moon is (so)
• विधौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; locative singular (Moon)

Speaker

Sanatkumāra (teaching Nārada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Candra (Moon)
• Śani (Manda/Saturn)
• Mātṛ (Mother)

FAQs

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

It frames worldly suffering (especially harm to one’s mother and instability of one’s home) as karmically signaled through graha-doṣa, encouraging dharmic living and śānti (pacificatory) conduct rather than fatalism.

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

While the verse is primarily Jyotiṣa-based, its implied teaching supports Bhakti indirectly: recognizing misfortune as a call to humility, prayer, and righteous restraint, one turns to the Lord for steadiness and inner detachment.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Jyotiṣa (a Vedāṅga): the verse gives predictive rules linking Candra affliction to maternal distress and Śani weakness to damage/instability of dwellings, used for timing caution and performing śānti measures.