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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 25

Śrāddha-prayoga: Niyama, Brāhmaṇa-parīkṣā, Kutapa-kāla, Tithi-nyāya, and Vaiṣṇava-phala

Devanagari script

काव्यं प्रत्तं तु सायाह्ने राक्षसं तद्भवेदपि । दाता नरकमाप्नोति भोक्ता च नरकं व्रजेत् ॥ २५ ॥

Transliteration

kāvyaṃ prattaṃ tu sāyāhne rākṣasaṃ tadbhavedapi | dātā narakamāpnoti bhoktā ca narakaṃ vrajet || 25 ||

Translation

Если кавья подносится вечером, она тоже становится «ракшасической» по природе. Дающий достигает ада, и вкушающий также идёт в ад.

Word by Word
काव्यम्(ancestral) offering
काव्यम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootकाव्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
प्रत्तम्given/offered
प्रत्तम्:
विशेषण (Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र-दा (धातु) + क्त (प्रत्यय) → प्रत्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — agreeing with ‘काव्यम्’
तुbut/indeed
तु:
सम्बन्ध (Discourse particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), विरोध/विशेष (contrast/emphasis)
सायाह्नेin the evening
सायाह्ने:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Time)
TypeNoun
Rootसायाह्न (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन — Locative singular
राक्षसम्rākṣasa-type (demonic)
राक्षसम्:
प्रधानीय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective)
TypeAdjective
Rootराक्षस (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — predicate adjective
तत्that
तत्:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन — refers to that offering
भवेत्would become
भवेत्:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootभू (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — परस्मैपद; ‘would become’
अपिalso/even
अपि:
सम्बन्ध (Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootअपि (अव्यय)
Formनिपात (particle), समुच्चय/अपवाद (also/even)
दाताthe giver
दाता:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदा (धातु) + तृच् (प्रत्यय) → दातृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्तरि कृदन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन — Nominative singular
नरकम्hell
नरकम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootनरक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular
आप्नोतिattains
आप्नोति:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootआप् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present/लट्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — परस्मैपद; ‘attains’
भोक्ताthe eater/consumer
भोक्ता:
कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootभुज् (धातु) + तृच् (प्रत्यय) → भोक्तृ (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formकर्तरि कृदन्त (agent noun), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन — Nominative singular
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-निपात (conjunction)
नरकम्hell
नरकम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootनरक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन — Accusative singular
व्रजेत्would go
व्रजेत्:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootव्रज् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन — परस्मैपद; ‘would go’
Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: raudra

Characters & Entities
N
Narada
P
Pitrs

FAQs

It stresses that śrāddha is not merely charity but a regulated sacred act; wrong timing (evening) corrupts the rite into a harmful ‘rākṣasa’ form, bringing adverse karma to both the performer and the participant.

Bhakti includes obedience to dharma and purity in ritual intention and method; honoring the Pitṛs correctly is part of living a disciplined, sattvic life that supports devotion rather than contradicting it through negligence.

Kalpa (ritual procedure) and its time-discipline: the verse implies that kāla (proper ritual timing) is essential in śrāddha-vidhi, and violations are treated as doṣa with specific karmic results.

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