Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 4
Janaka Instructs Śuka: Āśrama-Sequence, Guru-Dependence, and Marks of Liberation
पाद्यं निवेद्य प्रथमं सार्ध्यं गां च न्यद्दे । स च तांमंत्रतः पूजां प्रतिगृह्य द्विजोत्तमः ॥ ४ ॥
pādyaṃ nivedya prathamaṃ sārdhyaṃ gāṃ ca nyadde | sa ca tāṃmaṃtrataḥ pūjāṃ pratigṛhya dvijottamaḥ || 4 ||
ပထမဦးစွာ ခြေသုတ်ရေ (ပာဒျ) ကို ပူဇော်တင်ဆက်၍၊ ထို့နောက် နိဝေဒျ ပူဇော်ပစ္စည်းနှင့်အတူ နွားတစ်ကောင်ကိုလည်း ဆက်ကပ်하였다။ မန္တရဖြင့် ပြုသော ပူဇော်မှုကို လက်ခံယူပြီးနောက်၊ ဒွိဇအထက်မြတ်သော ဗြာဟ္မဏသည် သင့်တော်စွာ ဂုဏ်ပြုခံရ하였다။
Sanatkumara (in dialogue instruction to Narada on dharma and mantra-guided reception)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
It teaches that liberation-oriented dharma is supported by reverent hospitality: offering pādya, giving dāna (such as a cow), and performing pūjā with mantras to honor a worthy brāhmaṇa.
Bhakti is expressed through humble service and mantra-based worship—honoring the virtuous as embodiments of sacred presence, and making offerings with devotion rather than mere formality.
It highlights correct ritual procedure (kalpa/vaidika ācāra): the use of mantras (mantrataḥ) and standard upacāras like pādya in formal reception and pūjā.