Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 75

Jyotiṣa-śāstra Saṅgraha: Threefold Division, Gaṇita Methods, Muhūrta, and Planetary Reckoning

Devanagari script

मनुदस्रास्तु कौजस्य बौधस्याष्टाष्टसागराः । कृताद्रिचंद्राजैवस्य रवैकस्याग्निरवनंदकाः ॥ ७५ ॥

Transliteration

manudasrāstu kaujasya baudhasyāṣṭāṣṭasāgarāḥ | kṛtādricaṃdrājaivasya ravaikasyāgniravanaṃdakāḥ || 75 ||

Translation

கௌஜ (செவ்வாய்) என்பதற்குப் பாதச் சின்னங்கள் ‘மனுதஸ்ர’; பௌத (புதன்) என்பதற்கு ‘அஷ்ட-அஷ்ட-சாகரங்கள்’. க்ருதாத்ரி, சந்த்ராஜ, ஐவஸ்ய ஆகியவற்றிற்கும், ‘ரவைக’ என்ற இடத்தில் ‘அக்னி, ரவ, நந்தக’ எனவும் நிர்ணயிக்கப்பட்டது.

Word by Word

• manu-dasrāḥ: Manu and Dasra (a named pair/group)
• manu-dasrāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manu (प्रातिपदिक) + dasra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व

• tu: indeed / but
• tu: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Discourse particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tu (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधान/विरोधार्थक-निपात (particle: ‘but/indeed’)

• kaujasya: of Kauja
• kaujasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kauja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• baudhasya: of Baudha
• baudhasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: baudha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन

• aṣṭa-aṣṭa-sāgarāḥ: the (set of) eight-and-eight oceans
• aṣṭa-aṣṭa-sāgarāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + aṣṭa (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + sāgara (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; द्विगु-समासः (numeral compound) indicating ‘eight-and-eight oceans’ as a named count

• kṛta-adri-caṃdra-jaivasya: of Kṛta, Adri, Caṃdra, and Jaiva (as a group/name-series)
• kṛta-adri-caṃdra-jaivasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kṛta (प्रातिपदिक) + adri (प्रातिपदिक) + caṃdra (प्रातिपदिक) + jaiva (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; बहुपद-द्वन्द्व (name-list compound)

• ravaikasya: of Ravaika
• ravaikasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rava (प्रातिपदिक) + eka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग (contextual), षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (ekaḥ ravaḥ = ‘the single Rava’/Ravaika as name)

• agni-rava-naṃdakāḥ: Agni, Rava, and Naṃdaka (a named group)
• agni-rava-naṃdakāḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agni (प्रातिपदिक) + rava (प्रातिपदिक) + naṃdaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; इतरेतर-द्वन्द्व (name-list)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (continuing the enumerative narration to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities

• Agni

FAQs

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

This verse functions as an enumerative record of named groups and descendants; in the Moksha-Dharma stream it preserves traditional lineage-memory (smṛti) that supports dharma through continuity of sacred history.

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

It does not teach bhakti directly; instead it supplies the narrative framework (who belongs to which line) within which later teachings on devotion, vows, and liberation are situated.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Primarily Nirukta-style onomastic attention (proper names and group-names) and Itihasa-Purana anukrama (systematic listing); it is not a direct instruction on ritual, grammar, or astrology in this specific verse.