Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43
Kalpa-Lakṣaṇa and Gṛhya-Kalpa: Classifications, Purifications, Implements, and Spatial Rite-Design
अकृते पूर्णपात्रे तु यज्ञच्छिद्रं समुद्भवेत् । तस्मिन् पूर्णीकृते विप्र यज्ञसम्पूर्णता भवेत् ॥ ४३ ॥
akṛte pūrṇapātre tu yajñacchidraṃ samudbhavet | tasmin pūrṇīkṛte vipra yajñasampūrṇatā bhavet || 43 ||
पूर्णपात्राचे कर्म न केल्यास यज्ञात छिद्र (दोष) उत्पन्न होतो. पण हे विप्रा! ते विधिपूर्वक पूर्ण केल्यास यज्ञाची संपूर्णता होते।
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: vira
FAQs
It teaches that dharmic acts require wholeness: omitting an essential component creates a “yajña-chidra” (ritual flaw), while completing it restores integrity—symbolizing inner completeness in spiritual practice.
Indirectly, it frames devotion as careful, wholehearted offering: just as a sacrifice is perfected by completing its required elements, bhakti is strengthened by sincere, complete observance rather than partial or negligent practice.
Kalpa (Vedāṅga of ritual procedure) is implied: the verse emphasizes that prescribed ritual constituents—like the pūrṇa-pātra—are not optional, because omission produces a technical defect in the yajña.