Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 8

Dhvaja-Dhāraṇa Mahātmyam: Sumati–Satyamatī, Humility, and Deliverance by Hari’s Messengers

Devanagari script

तस्य भार्या महाभागा सर्वलक्षणसंयुता । पतिव्रता पतिप्राणा नाम्रा सत्यमतिर्मुने ॥ ८ ॥

Transliteration

tasya bhāryā mahābhāgā sarvalakṣaṇasaṃyutā | pativratā patiprāṇā nāmrā satyamatirmune || 8 ||

Translation

Его жена была весьма благословенна, наделена всеми благими признаками; как истинная пативрата, она была предана мужу и считала его самим дыханием жизни — о мудрец, её звали Сатьямати.

Word by Word

• तस्य: of him
• तस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• भार्या: wife
• भार्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भार्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• महा-भागा: very fortunate
• महा-भागा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महा (प्रातिपदिक) + भाग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (mahān bhāgaḥ yasyāḥ)

• सर्व-लक्षण-संयुता: endowed with all auspicious marks
• सर्व-लक्षण-संयुता: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + लक्षण (प्रातिपदिक) + संयुत (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; तृतीया-तत्पुरुषः (sarvalakṣaṇaiḥ saṃyutā)

• पति-व्रता: devoted to her husband (chaste)
• पति-व्रता: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) + व्रत (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (pateḥ vrataṃ yasyāḥ)

• पति-प्राणा: one for whom the husband is life itself
• पति-प्राणा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पति (प्रातिपदिक) + प्राण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; बहुव्रीहिः (patiḥ prāṇaḥ yasyāḥ)

• नाम्रा: humble
• नाम्रा: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नाम्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘नम्र’ (humble) इत्यस्य रूपान्तर/पाठभेदः

• सत्य-मतिḥ: (named) Satyamati / true-minded
• सत्य-मतिḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सत्य (प्रातिपदिक) + मति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (satyā matiḥ)

• मुने: O sage
• मुने: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative), एकवचन

Speaker

Suta (narrator) to the assembled sages (frame narration)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Satyamatī

FAQs

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

It praises an ideal of household dharma by describing a woman whose inner truthfulness (Satyamatī) and steadfast marital vow (pativratā) are presented as auspicious spiritual qualities, not merely social traits.

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

Though not explicitly naming a deity, the verse frames devotion through unwavering loyalty and self-offering (pati-prāṇā), a model often used in Purāṇic literature to illustrate single-pointed commitment—an emotional discipline that parallels bhakti’s one-pointedness.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The phrase sarva-lakṣaṇa-saṃyutā reflects the cultural-ritual idea of lakṣaṇa (auspicious marks), connected to traditional śāstric observation used in dharmic life and rites; it is more about dharma-sūcaka signs than a technical Vedāṅga procedure in this verse.