Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 15

Chandas: Varṇa-gaṇas, Guru-Laghu, Vṛtta-bheda, and Prastāra Procedures

Devanagari script

यथोपरि तथा शेषमग्रे प्रारवन्न्यसेदपि । एष प्रस्तार उदितो यावत्सर्वलघुर्भवेत् ॥ १५ ॥

Transliteration

yathopari tathā śeṣamagre prāravannyasedapi | eṣa prastāra udito yāvatsarvalaghurbhavet || 15 ||

Translation

အထက်တွင် ဆိုခဲ့သကဲ့သို့ပင်၊ ကျန်ရှိသမျှကိုလည်း အစမှ စ၍ ရှေ့ဘက်တွင် တင်ထားရမည်။ ဤသို့ဖြင့် prastāra (စနစ်တကျ ချဲ့ထွင်ခြင်း) ကို ဖော်ပြထားပြီး၊ အားလုံး laghu (ပေါ့သံ) ဖြစ်သွားသည်အထိ ဆက်လက်သွားရသည်။

Word by Word

• yathā: as/according to
• yathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• upari: above
• upari: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: upari (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• tathā: so/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• śeṣam: the remainder
• śeṣam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śeṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• agre: in front/at the beginning
• agre: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Locative (सप्तमी/7), Singular (एकवचन)

• prāravan: beginning/starting
• prāravan: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: pra-√ru (धातु) → prāravan (कृदन्त, शतृ)
• Form: Present active participle (शतृ-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); ‘starting/beginning’

• nyaset: should place/arrange
• nyaset: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ni-√as (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

• api: also/even
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: Particle (निपात), concessive/additive

• eṣaḥ: this
• eṣaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: etad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• prastāraḥ: prastāra (expansion table)
• prastāraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prastāra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• uditaḥ: declared/stated
• uditaḥ: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ud-√i (धातु) → udita (कृदन्त, क्त)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); predicate ‘is stated/declared’

• yāvat: until/as long as
• yāvat: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: yāvat (अव्यय)
• Form: Correlative/limitative indeclinable (परिमाण/अवधि)

• sarva-laghuḥ: all-laghu (all light syllables)
• sarva-laghuḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + laghu (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); Karmadhāraya: ‘all-light’

• bhavet: should become
• bhavet: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (धातु)
• Form: Optative (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन), Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It highlights disciplined, step-by-step shastric method—showing that even technical knowledge is pursued through order, clarity, and completeness, which supports steadiness of mind valued in Moksha-dharma.

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

Indirectly: it models attentive, faithful adherence to a taught procedure—an attitude that also underlies bhakti-sādhana, where practice is done exactly as instructed until the goal is fully reached.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Chandas (Vedic prosody): the verse describes a prastāra-style arrangement/enumeration process, proceeding stepwise until the pattern is reduced to laghu (short/light) units.