Shloka 68

Devanagari script

आत्मनो वा नरैर्भुक्तं यैर्भुक्तं हरिवासरे । त्रैलोक्यघातिनः पापं मैथुने शशिनः क्षये ॥ ६८ ॥

Transliteration

ātmano vā narairbhuktaṃ yairbhuktaṃ harivāsare | trailokyaghātinaḥ pāpaṃ maithune śaśinaḥ kṣaye || 68 ||

Translation

ဟရိ၏သန့်ရှင်းသောနေ့ (ဧကာဒသီ) တွင် ကိုယ်တိုင်စားသော်လည်းကောင်း၊ အခြားသူတို့ကို စားစေသော်လည်းကောင်း၊ ထိုအပြစ်သည် သုံးလောကကိုဖျက်ဆီးနိုင်သည့် အပြစ်ကြီးဟု ဆိုကြသည်။ ထို့အတူ လဆုတ်အဆုံး၌ လိင်ဆက်ဆံခြင်းလည်း အလွန်ပြင်းထန်သော အကုသိုလ်ကို ဖြစ်စေသည်။

Word by Word

• आत्मनः: of oneself
• आत्मनः: सम्बन्ध (षष्ठी/Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आत्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘of oneself’

• वा: or
• वा: समुच्चय/विकल्प (connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: विकल्पार्थक-अव्यय (particle of alternative: ‘or’)

• नरैः: by men
• नरैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/तृतीया), बहुवचन

• भुक्तम्: eaten/consumed
• भुक्तम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) → भुक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘eaten/consumed’

• यैः: by whom
• यैः: करण (Instrument/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental/तृतीया), बहुवचन; relative pronoun ‘by whom’

• भुक्तम्: eaten
• भुक्तम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु) → भुक्त (कृदन्त, क्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• हरिवासरे: on Hari’s day (Vishnu’s day)
• हरिवासरे: अधिकरण (Location/Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (‘of Hari’ + ‘day’)

• त्रैलोक्यघातिनः: of (one) destroying the three worlds
• त्रैलोक्यघातिनः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रैलोक्य + घातिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘of the destroyer of the three worlds’ (qualifying ‘pāpa’)

• पापम्: sin
• पापम्: कर्म/विषय (Object/Topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पाप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc), एकवचन

• मैथुने: in sexual intercourse
• मैथुने: अधिकरण (Location/Context/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मैथुन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• शशिनः: of the moon
• शशिनः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शशिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘of the moon’

• क्षये: at the decline (waning)
• क्षये: अधिकरण (Time/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative/सप्तमी), एकवचन; ‘at the waning/decline’

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue framework)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Ekādaśī (Harivāsara)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It intensifies the sanctity of Hari-vāsara (Ekādaśī) by warning that violating its discipline—personally eating or enabling others to eat—creates extremely heavy demerit, showing that vrata-observance is a direct measure of devotion and self-restraint.

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

By treating Ekādaśī as ‘Hari’s own day,’ the verse frames restraint (upavāsa/niyama) as an offering to Vishnu—bhakti expressed through disciplined conduct, not merely emotion.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It implicitly uses Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology/timekeeping) through the reference to lunar decline (śaśinaḥ kṣaya), indicating that ritual purity and conduct are tied to calendrical/lunar timing in vrata practice.