Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 82

Anadhyaya and the Winds: From Vedic Recitation Protocol to Sanatkumara’s Moksha-Upadesha

Devanagari script

पंचविंशक इत्येष व्यक्ताव्यक्तमयो गणः । एतैः सर्वैः समायुक्तमनित्यमभिधीयते ॥ ८२ ॥

Transliteration

paṃcaviṃśaka ityeṣa vyaktāvyaktamayo gaṇaḥ | etaiḥ sarvaiḥ samāyuktamanityamabhidhīyate || 82 ||

Translation

Kumpulan ini, yang merangkumi yang nyata dan yang tidak nyata, disebut “dua puluh lima”. Apa jua yang tersusun daripada semuanya ini dinyatakan tidak kekal.

Word by Word

• pañcaviṃśakaḥ: the set of twenty-five
• pañcaviṃśakaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pañcaviṃśaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); numeral-derivative ‘group of twenty-five’

• iti: thus
• iti: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/quotative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: iti (अव्यय)
• Form: Quotative particle (इति-निपात)

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• vyakta-avyakta-mayaḥ: consisting of the manifest and unmanifest
• vyakta-avyakta-mayaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: vyakta (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक) + avyakta (प्रातिपदिक) + maya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound: vyaktāvyaktayoḥ mayaḥ (made of manifest & unmanifest); Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); qualifying gaṇaḥ

• gaṇaḥ: group; aggregate
• gaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन)

• etaiḥ: with these
• etaiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग) (or Napumsaka in sense), Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन)

• sarvaiḥ: all
• sarvaiḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pumliṅga (पुंलिङ्ग) (or Napumsaka in sense), Tṛtīyā (3rd/तृतीया), Bahuvacana (बहुवचन); qualifying etaiḥ

• samāyuktam: combined; endowed
• samāyuktam: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sam-ā-√yuj (धातु)
• Form: Kṛdanta (कृदन्त) past passive participle; Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); predicate adjective

• anityam: impermanent
• anityam: Pradhāna-viśeṣaṇa (विधेय-विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: anitya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Napumsaka (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Prathamā (1st/प्रथमा), Ekavacana (एकवचन); predicate adjective

• abhidhīyate: is called; is described
• abhidhīyate: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: abhi-√dhā (धातु)
• Form: Laṭ-lakāra (लट्/present), Prathama-puruṣa (3rd person/प्रथम), Ekavacana (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद), passive sense (कर्मणि प्रयोग)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It frames liberation-oriented discernment: all compounded experience—built from the twenty-five Sankhya principles (manifest and unmanifest)—is inherently impermanent, prompting detachment and pursuit of the eternal Self.

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

By declaring all material constituents impermanent, the verse supports bhakti as refuge in the imperishable Lord beyond vyakta and avyakta—turning the devotee away from transient enjoyments toward lasting surrender and remembrance.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Not a Vedanga lesson directly; it is a Moksha-Dharma/Sankhya classification used as a practical framework for viveka (discrimination) in study and contemplation rather than ritual or technical sciences like Vyakarana or Jyotisha.