Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 44

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Devanagari script

क्षुच्छस्त्रानलचौरेभ्यो भयदः प्राणिनां तदा । याम्याग्निधातृवायव्यधिष्ण्येषु प्राकृता गतिः ॥ ४४ ॥

Transliteration

kṣucchastrānalacaurebhyo bhayadaḥ prāṇināṃ tadā | yāmyāgnidhātṛvāyavyadhiṣṇyeṣu prākṛtā gatiḥ || 44 ||

Translation

ਤਦੋਂ ਬੁੱਧ ਜੀਵਾਂ ਨੂੰ ਭੁੱਖ, ਹਥਿਆਰ, ਅੱਗ ਅਤੇ ਚੋਰਾਂ ਤੋਂ ਡਰ ਦੇਣ ਵਾਲਾ ਬਣਦਾ ਹੈ; ਅਤੇ ਪ੍ਰਾਕ੍ਰਿਤ ਗਤੀ ਯਮ, ਅਗਨੀ, ਧਾਤ੍ਰੀ ਅਤੇ ਵਾਯੂ ਦੇ ਅਧਿਸ਼ਠਾਨਾਂ ਵੱਲ ਜਾਂਦੀ ਹੈ।

Word by Word

• kṣut-śastra-anala-caurebhyaḥ: from hunger, weapons, fire, and thieves
• kṣut-śastra-anala-caurebhyaḥ: Apādāna (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṣut + śastra + anala + caura (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (सूची): ‘क्षुत् (hunger), शस्त्र (weapons), अनल (fire), चौर (thieves)’

• bhaya-daḥ: giving fear
• bhaya-daḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: bhaya + da (प्रातिपदिक; ‘दा’ धातु-सम्बद्ध)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘भयं ददाति’ = ‘fear-giving’)

• prāṇinām: of living beings
• prāṇinām: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇin (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), बहुवचन

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय

• yāmya-āgni-dhātṛ-vāyavya-dhiṣṇyeṣu: in the Yāmya, Āgni, Dhātṛ, and Vāyavya stations (nakṣatras)
• yāmya-āgni-dhātṛ-vāyavya-dhiṣṇyeṣu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: yāmya + āgni + dhātṛ + vāyavya + dhiṣṇya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (dhiṣṇya), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समास (सूची) विशेषणपूर्वक: ‘याम्य, आग्नि, धातृ, वायव्य’ इति-धिष्ण्येषु

• prākṛtā: natural/ordinary
• prākṛtā: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: prākṛta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘गति’ विशेषण

• gatiḥ: movement/course (resulting condition)
• gatiḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Yama
• Agni
• Dhatr
• Vayu

FAQs

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

It warns that a purely worldly, instinct-driven life (prākṛtā gatiḥ) results in fear and constrained destinies under cosmic regulators like Yama and other deities, pointing the seeker toward a higher liberating path.

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

By highlighting the insecurity of material existence—fear from hunger, violence, fire, and theft—it implicitly motivates refuge in a higher dharma; in Moksha Dharma contexts, this culminates in turning to devotion and surrender that transcends such fear-bound outcomes.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse reflects dharma-śāstric and cosmological mapping of “gati” (destinations) and deity jurisdictions; it is more about karmic consequence and loka-structure than a specific Vedanga technique like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa.