Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 143
Jyotiṣa-saṅgraha: Varga-vibhāga, Bala-nirṇaya, Garbha-phala, Āyuḥ-gaṇanā
शुभगो यद्भगस्तद्भिस्न्वादिस्थेन तद्धिकृत् । प्रोक्तेतरस्थानगतस्तत्तद्भावक्षयं करः ॥ १४३ ॥
śubhago yadbhagastadbhisnvādisthena taddhikṛt | proktetarasthānagatastattadbhāvakṣayaṃ karaḥ || 143 ||
‘शुभग’ या रूपात अर्थ ‘भाग्यवान’ असा होतो. पण तोच शब्द स्न्वादि-गणाच्या प्रत्ययाने युक्त झाला की कर्तृवाचक—‘तो फल घडविणारा’—असा अर्थ होतो. आणि सांगितलेला पद अन्य स्थानात आला तर त्या भावाचा क्षय/नाश दर्शवितो.
Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It teaches that meaning is not fixed merely by a word’s surface form; context and grammatical formation determine sense—an important discipline for correctly understanding dharma and moksha teachings.
Indirectly: it safeguards bhakti and moksha teachings by insisting on precise interpretation—misreading terms can distort doctrines about devotion, merit, and liberation.
Vedanga Vyākaraṇa/Nirukta: the verse illustrates how affixes (like those in the snvādi group) and syntactic placement shift a term from ‘possessing fortune’ to ‘causing/producing an effect,’ or even to a sense of loss/diminution.