Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 139

Jyotiṣa-saṅgraha: Varga-vibhāga, Bala-nirṇaya, Garbha-phala, Āyuḥ-gaṇanā

Devanagari script

क्रमः केंद्रादिकोऽत्रापि द्वित्र्यादौ सबलस्य च । पाकपस्याब्धिनागाश्च ह्यर्णवा सहगस्य च ॥ १३९ ॥

Transliteration

kramaḥ keṃdrādiko'trāpi dvitryādau sabalasya ca | pākapasyābdhināgāśca hyarṇavā sahagasya ca || 139 ||

Translation

Aqui também, a ordem começa pelas casas angulares (kendras) e segue pela segunda, terceira e assim por diante, levando em conta a força do planeta. Os resultados devem ser compreendidos para o tempo de maturação (pāka) do planeta, e também pelos indícios de oceanos, reis-serpente (nāgas) e mares, juntamente com os fatores que o acompanham.

Word by Word

• kramaḥ: sequence/order
• kramaḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: krama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन

• kendra-ādikaḥ: beginning with kendra etc.
• kendra-ādikaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: kendra (प्रातिपदिक) + ādika (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘केंद्रादिक’ = केंद्र-आदि-सम्बद्ध (beginning with kendra etc.)

• atra: here
• atra: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; देशवाचक (locative adverb) — ‘अस्मिन् स्थाने’ (here)

• api: also
• api: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: api (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) — ‘also/even’

• dvi-tri-ādau: in the (group) beginning with two and three
• dvi-tri-ādau: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: dvi (प्रातिपदिक) + tri (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग; सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन

• sabalasya: of the strong/with strength
• sabalasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sa-bala (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• pāka-pasya: of Pākapa (technical)
• pāka-pasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāka (प्रातिपदिक) + pa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘पाकप’ (technical term; lit. ‘cooking/ripe-related’)

• abdhi-nāgāḥ: ocean-serpents (technical)
• abdhi-nāgāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: abdhi (प्रातिपदिक) + nāga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन; ‘अब्दhināga’ = अब्धौ/अब्देः नागाः (ocean-serpents; technical)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

• hi: indeed/for
• hi: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: hi (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निपात (particle) — emphasis/causal ‘indeed/for’

• arṇavāḥ: oceans
• arṇavāḥ: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: arṇava (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन

• saha-gaḥ: of the companion/one who goes together
• saha-gaḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saha (उपसर्ग/अव्यय) + gam (गम् धातु) → saha-ga (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग; षष्ठी (6th/षष्ठी), एकवचन; ‘सहग’ = सह गच्छति इति (companion; lit. ‘going together’)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical, śāstra-style enumeration within the Mokṣa-dharma section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Nāga

FAQs

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

It frames a disciplined, rule-based way of reading karmic outcomes—starting from key life-pillars (kendras) and weighing strength and maturation—so that one understands worldly patterns clearly and turns the mind toward discrimination (viveka) and liberation-oriented living.

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

Indirectly: by organizing how results arise (from house order, strength, and maturation), it encourages surrender of outcomes and steadiness—supporting bhakti as a practice of devotion without anxiety over results, even while acknowledging karmic law.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Jyotiṣa (Vedāṅga Astrology): evaluation begins from kendras, proceeds house-wise, and must consider planetary bala (strength), pāka (maturation/period effects), and associated significations/co-factors for interpretation.