Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 131
Vāmana’s Advent, Aditi’s Hymn, Bali’s Gift, and the Mahatmya of Bhū-dāna
Devanagari script
वृत्तिहीनाय विप्राय दरिद्राय कुटुम्बिने । स्वल्पामपि महींदत्त्वा विष्णुसायुज्यमान्पुयात् ॥ ३१ ॥
Transliteration
vṛttihīnāya viprāya daridrāya kuṭumbine | svalpāmapi mahīṃdattvā viṣṇusāyujyamānpuyāt || 31 ||
Translation
အသက်မွေးဝမ်းကျောင်းမရှိ၍ ဆင်းရဲကာ မိသားစုကိုထောက်ပံ့နေသော ဗြာဟ္မဏတစ်ဦးအား မြေတစ်စိတ်တစ်ပိုင်းပင် လှူဒါန်းလျှင် ဗိဿဏုနှင့် စာယုဇျ (ပေါင်းစည်းခြင်း) ကို ရရှိမည်။
Word by Word
वृत्तिहीनायto one devoid of livelihood
वृत्तिहीनाय:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeAdjective
Rootवृत्ति-हीन (प्रातिपदिक; वृत्ति + हीन)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी (सम्प्रदान/दत्तेः), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Dative 4th, Singular; adjective)
विप्रायto a brahmin
विप्राय:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootविप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Dative 4th, Singular)
दरिद्रायto a poor (person)
दरिद्राय:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeAdjective
Rootदरिद्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Masculine, Dative 4th, Singular; adjective)
कुटुम्बिनेto a householder/family-man
कुटुम्बिने:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान)
TypeNoun
Rootकुटुम्बिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, चतुर्थी, एकवचनम् (Masculine, Dative 4th, Singular)
स्वल्पाम्small/little
स्वल्पाम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्वल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (कर्म), एकवचनम्; विशेषणम् (Feminine, Accusative 2nd, Singular; adjective)
अपिeven/also
अपि:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/निपात)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपि-अर्थे ‘even/also’
महीम्land/earth
महीम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमही (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (Feminine, Accusative 2nd, Singular)
दत्त्वाhaving given
दत्त्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया; पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootदा (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), ‘having given’ (Gerund from √दा)
विष्णुसायुज्यम्union with Vishnu
विष्णुसायुज्यम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु-सायुज्य (प्रातिपदिक; विष्णु + सायुज्य)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, द्वितीया, एकवचनम् (Neuter, Accusative 2nd, Singular)
आप्नुयात्may attain
आप्नुयात्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपदम्, प्रथमपुरुषः, एकवचनम् (Optative, Parasmaipada, 3rd person, Singular)
Speaker
Unspecified (gnomic/aphoristic statement in the text)
Vrata Kalpa
Vrata: none
Verse Rasa
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
Characters & Entities
V
ViṣṇuV
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