Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 72

The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others

Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna

Devanagari script

दशांशः कमलैर्होमो यजनं च षडर्णवत् । रामो ङेंन्तो धनुष्पाणिर्ङैतोंऽते वह्निसुंदरी ॥ ७२ ॥

Transliteration

daśāṃśaḥ kamalairhomo yajanaṃ ca ṣaḍarṇavat | rāmo ṅeṃnto dhanuṣpāṇirṅaitoṃ'te vahnisuṃdarī || 72 ||

Translation

ဒသမांश (တစ်ဆယ်ပုံတစ်ပုံ) ကို ပူဇော်ရမည်၊ ကြာပန်းများဖြင့် ဟိုးမ (homa) ကို ပြုလုပ်ရမည်၊ ယဇ္ဉကိုလည်း ခြောက်အက္ခရာ မန္တရပုံစံအတိုင်း ဆောင်ရွက်ရမည်။ «ရာမ» ကို နှာသံ «င» ဖြင့် အစပြု၍ ရွတ်ဆိုရမည်၊ «ဓနုစ်ပါဏိ» (လက်တွင် လေးကိုင်သူ) ကိုလည်း ထိုသို့ အသံထွက်ရမည်၊ နောက်ဆုံးတွင် «ဝဟ္နိသုန္ဒရီ»—မီး၏အလှတရား ပုံစံကို ထည့်ဆိုရမည်။

Word by Word

• दशांशः: one-tenth portion
• दशांशः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दशांश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (दशस्य अंशः = one-tenth)

• कमलैः: with lotuses
• कमलैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन

• होमः: fire-offering (homa)
• होमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: होम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• यजनम्: worship/sacrifice
• यजनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यजन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; here as coordinated item (ritual act)

• च: and
• च: Samuccaya (समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक (conjunction)

• षडर्णवत्: as in the six-syllabled (formula)
• षडर्णवत्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षड् (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अर्णवत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः; वत्-प्रत्ययान्त विशेषण (like/according to); षट्-अर्ण-वत् = ‘as in the six-syllabled (mantra)’

• रामः: Rama
• रामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: राम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन

• ङेंन्तः: (mantric syllable) ṅeṃnta
• ङेंन्तः: Visheshana (विशेषण/मन्त्राङ्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ङेंन्त (मन्त्र-बीज/अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; मन्त्राङ्ग-बीज/वर्णसमूह (mantric syllable cluster); पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-रूप

• धनुष्-पाणिः: bow-in-hand (one holding a bow)
• धनुष्-पाणिः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धनुस् (प्रातिपदिक) + पाणि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (whose hand holds a bow)

• ङैतों: (mantric syllable) ṅaitoṃ
• ङैतों: Visheshana (विशेषण/मन्त्राङ्ग)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ङैतों (मन्त्र-बीज/अव्यय-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; मन्त्राङ्ग-बीज/वर्णसमूह; पाठभेद/दुर्लभ-रूप

• अन्ते: at the end
• अन्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; अव्ययीभावार्थे ‘at the end’

• वह्नि-सुन्दरी: the beautiful (one) of fire / fire-beauty
• वह्नि-सुन्दरी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वह्नि (प्रातिपदिक) + सुन्दरी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (सुन्दरी वह्निरूपा/वह्निसम्बद्धा)

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/Vedanga-oriented context, likely to Sanatkumara)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Rama
• Agni

FAQs

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

It links inner merit (daśāṁśa/dāna) with outer ritual correctness (homa and yajña), stressing that spiritual efficacy depends on both offering and precise mantric/phonetic execution.

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

Bhakti here appears as disciplined worship—offering (lotus-homa) and reverent invocation of divine names (like Rāma) with correct recitation, showing devotion expressed through exact sacred practice.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Shiksha/Vyakarana-oriented guidance: attention to syllable-count (ṣaḍarṇavat) and specific phonetic markers involving the nasal ‘ṅ’, indicating how pronunciation and sound-structure are treated as technical requirements in ritual.