Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 77
Vyākaraṇa-saṅgraha: Pada–Vibhakti–Kāraka–Lakāra–Samāsa
रुणद्धु अरुणद्रुध्यादरौत्सीदारोत्स्यञ्च । तनोति ततान तनिता तनिष्यति तनोत्वतनोत्तनुयाद्धि ॥ ७७ ॥
ruṇaddhu aruṇadrudhyādarautsīdārotsyañca | tanoti tatāna tanitā taniṣyati tanotvatanottanuyāddhi || 77 ||
‘ਰੁਣੱਧੁ’, ‘ਅਰੁਣਤ੍’, ‘ਰੁਧ੍ਯਾਦ੍’, ‘ਅਰੌਤ੍ਸੀਤ੍’, ‘ਆਰੋਤ੍ਸ੍ਯ’—ਇਹ ਰੂਪ ਹਨ। ਇਸੇ ਤਰ੍ਹਾਂ ‘ਤਨੋਤਿ’, ‘ਤਤਾਨ’, ‘ਤਨਿਤਾ’, ‘ਤਨਿਸ਼੍ਯਤਿ’, ‘ਤਨੋਤੁ’, ‘ਅਤਨੋਤ੍’, ‘ਤਨੁਯਾਤ੍’—ਇਹ ਵੀ ਨਿਸ਼ਚਿਤ ਧਾਤੂ-ਰੂਪ ਹਨ।
Sanatkumara (teaching Vedanga—Vyakarana style verb-forms within Moksha Dharma discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: shanta
Secondary Rasa: none
FAQs
It highlights that correct knowledge of language—especially verb-forms used in Vedic recitation—supports precision in dharma and the disciplined pursuit of moksha, because mantra and teaching are transmitted through exact speech.
Indirectly: bhakti practices depend on accurate chanting and comprehension; this verse models the Vedanga approach that safeguards devotional recitation by teaching correct grammatical forms.
Vedanga—Vyakarana (grammar): it lists standard conjugational/derivational forms (present, perfect, aorist, future, imperative, optative, agent noun) as memorisable paradigms for correct usage in study and recitation.