Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 81
Vāmana’s Advent, Aditi’s Hymn, Bali’s Gift, and the Mahatmya of Bhū-dāna
यज्ञेश यज्ञविन्यास यज्ञविन्घविनाशन । यज्ञरुप यजद्रूप यज्ञाङ्गं त्वां यजाम्यहम् ॥ ८१ ॥
yajñeśa yajñavinyāsa yajñavinghavināśana | yajñarupa yajadrūpa yajñāṅgaṃ tvāṃ yajāmyaham || 81 ||
ယဇ္ဉ၏အရှင်၊ ယဇ္ဉအစီအစဉ်ကို စီမံတော်မူသူ၊ ယဇ္ဉအတားအဆီးများကို ဖျက်ဆီးတော်မူသူ—ယဇ္ဉ၏ရုပ်သဘော၊ ပူဇော်သူ၏ရုပ်သဘောနှင့် ယဇ္ဉအင်္ဂါတို့ဖြစ်တော်မူသော သင့်ကို ကျွန်ုပ် ပူဇော်ပါ၏။
Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: shanta
FAQs
It teaches that the ultimate recipient and inner reality of yajña is Vishnu Himself—He is the sacrifice, the one who performs it, and its components—so ritual becomes a form of direct devotion.
By addressing the deity as the essence of every aspect of worship, the verse converts external ritual into bhakti: the devotee sees all worship as offered to and sustained by Vishnu alone.
It points to correct ritual arrangement (yajña-vinyāsa) and the need to remove ritual obstacles (vighna), aligning with Kalpa/Śrauta practice and disciplined performance of Vedic rites.