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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 14

The Exposition of the Table of Contents of the Brahmavaivarta Purāṇa

चरितं कार्तवीर्यस्य जामदग्र्यस्य चाद्भुतम् । विवादः सुमहानासीज्जामदग्र्यगणेशयोः ॥ १४ ॥

caritaṃ kārtavīryasya jāmadagryasya cādbhutam | vivādaḥ sumahānāsījjāmadagryagaṇeśayoḥ || 14 ||

Sungguh menakjubkan kisah Kārtavīrya dan keturunan Jamadagni (Jāmadagnya). Pertikaian yang amat besar pun timbul antara Jāmadagnya dan Gaṇeśa.

चरितम्the story/deeds
चरितम्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootचरित (प्रातिपदिक; चर् धातु + क्त)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्तान्त-शब्दः (deed/biography)
कार्तवीर्यस्यof Kārtavīrya
कार्तवीर्यस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootकार्तवीर्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
जामदग्र्यस्यof Jāmadagnya (Paraśurāma)
जामदग्र्यस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootजामदग्र्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
अद्भुतम्wonderful
अद्भुतम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootअद्भुत (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषणम्
विवादःa dispute
विवादः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootविवाद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन
सुमहान्very great
सुमहान्:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootसु-महान् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; उपसर्गपूर्वक-विशेषण (सु + महान्)
आसीत्was
आसीत्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verbal predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलङ्-लकार (Imperfect/Past), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
जामदग्र्यगणेशयोःof Jāmadagnya and Gaṇeśa
जामदग्र्यगणेशयोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootजामदग्र्य-गणेश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), द्विवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (जामदग्र्यः च गणेशः च)

Narada (narrating a puranic summary within the Anukramanika-style section)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

K
Kārtavīrya Arjuna
J
Jamadagnya (Paraśurāma)
G
Gaṇeśa

FAQs

It flags an exemplary puranic episode where extraordinary deeds and a major dispute become a vehicle for teaching dharma—how power, pride, and transgression precipitate karmic consequences and corrective action.

Though not directly prescribing a bhakti practice, it frames the narrative method used in the Narada Purana: dramatic histories are recounted to turn the mind toward divine order (dharma) and, by implication, toward surrender to the Supreme who upholds that order.

No specific Vedanga (such as Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa-ritual procedure) is taught in this line; it functions as an anukramaṇikā-style pointer to a dharmic narrative rather than a technical instruction.