Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 151

Pāpa-bheda, Naraka-yātanā, Mahāpātaka-vicāra, Atonement Limits, Daśa-vidhā Bhakti, and Gaṅgā as Final Remedy

Devanagari script

एवं दशविधा भक्तिः संसारच्छेदकारिणी । तत्रापि सात्त्विकी भक्तिः सर्वकामफलप्रदा ॥ १५१ ॥

Transliteration

evaṃ daśavidhā bhaktiḥ saṃsāracchedakāriṇī | tatrāpi sāttvikī bhaktiḥ sarvakāmaphalapradā || 151 ||

Translation

ဤသို့ ဘက္တိသည် အမျိုးအစား ဆယ်မျိုးရှိ၍ သံသရာချည်နှောင်မှုကို ဖြတ်တောက်ပေးသူ ဖြစ်သည်။ ထိုအထဲတွင် စာတ္တဝိက (သန့်ရှင်း) ဘက္တိသည် ကောင်းမွန်သော ဆန္ဒအလုံးစုံ၏ အကျိုးကို ပေးတတ်၏။

Word by Word

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Prakara (प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), प्रकारवाचक

• दश-विधा: tenfold
• दश-विधा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दश (प्रातिपदिक) + विध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; द्विगु-समासः (दश प्रकाराः यस्याः सा)

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• संसार-छेद-कारिणी: that cuts off saṃsāra
• संसार-छेद-कारिणी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: संसार (प्रातिपदिक) + छेद (प्रातिपदिक) + कारिणी (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘छेदं करोति’ इति कारिणी; समस्तपदं भक्तेः विशेषणम्

• तत्र: therein/among them
• तत्र: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तत्र (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (adverb), देश/प्रसङ्गवाचक

• अपि: also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle), अपि=also/even

• सात्त्विकी: sāttvika
• सात्त्विकी: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सात्त्विक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; विशेषण

• भक्तिः: devotion
• भक्तिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• सर्व-काम-फल-प्रदा: giver of the fruits of all desires
• सर्व-काम-फल-प्रदा: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + काम (प्रातिपदिक) + फल (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रदा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः—‘सर्वेषां कामानां फलम्’ इति; ‘प्रदा’=दात्री; भक्तेः विशेषणम्

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Bhakti

FAQs

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

It declares bhakti as the decisive means for cutting saṁsāra (repeated worldly bondage), and highlights sāttvika bhakti as the highest, because it yields complete spiritual and life-aim results.

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

It frames bhakti as a structured discipline (tenfold) whose purpose is liberation, and then prioritizes sāttvika devotion—devotion purified of rajas and tamas—as the most effective form.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ethical-psychological purification (cultivating sattva) as the supporting discipline for effective bhakti practice.