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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 58

Śuka’s Yoga-ascent, the Echo of ‘Bhoḥ’, and the Vaikuṇṭha Vision

Devanagari script

आदित्यसोमनेत्राय सहओजोबलाय च । ईज्याय साक्षिणेऽजायबहुशीर्षांघ्रिबाहवे ॥ ५८ ॥

Transliteration

ādityasomanetrāya sahaojobalāya ca | ījyāya sākṣiṇe'jāyabahuśīrṣāṃghribāhave || 58 ||

Translation

နေမင်းနှင့် လမင်းကို မျက်စိအဖြစ်ထားတော်မူသောအရှင်အား နမောတော်မူ၏။ အင်အား၊ သတ္တိ၊ ခွန်အားတို့ဖြင့် ပြည့်စုံတော်မူသောအရှင်အား နမောတော်မူ၏။ ပူဇော်ထိုက်သောအရှင်၊ သက်သေတော်မူသောအရှင်အား နမောတော်မူ၏။ မမွေးဖွားသော အဇအရှင်—ခေါင်းများစွာ၊ ခြေများစွာ၊ လက်များစွာရှိတော်မူသောအရှင်အား နမောတော်မူ၏။

Word by Word

आदित्य-सोम-नेत्रायto him whose eyes are the Sun and Moon

सह-ओजः-बलायto the one with vigor and strength

चand

ईज्यायto the worship-worthy one

साक्षिणेto the witness

अजायto the unborn one

बहु-शीर्ष-अङ्घ्रि-बाहवेto him who has many heads, feet, and arms

Speaker

Narada (in a hymn of praise within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta (wonder)

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

Vishnu

Surya (Aditya)

Soma (Chandra)

FAQs

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

It presents the Lord as the cosmic and all-pervading Reality—Sun and Moon as His eyes and the universe as His many-limbed form—while emphasizing His role as the inner Witness (sākṣin), a key contemplation for moksha.

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

Bhakti here is expressed through nāma–guṇa stuti (praise by divine attributes): worshipping the Lord as ījya (worthy of worship) and remembering Him as aja (unborn) and sākṣin (witness) stabilizes devotion beyond mere external ritual.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

While not teaching a specific Vedanga directly, it reflects Upasana-style usage of cosmic correspondences (Sun/Moon imagery) that commonly supports ritual contemplation and mantra-meaning alignment (nirukta/arthavāda sense) in Vedic practice.