Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 43

The Explanation of Sandhyā and Related Daily Observances

Saṅdhyā-ādi Nitya-karma-Vidhi

Devanagari script

रोगाद्यशक्तो मनुजः कुर्यात्तत्राघमर्षणम् । अथवा भस्मना स्नातो रजोभिश्चैव वाऽक्षमः ॥ ४३ ॥

Transliteration

rogādyaśakto manujaḥ kuryāttatrāghamarṣaṇam | athavā bhasmanā snāto rajobhiścaiva vā'kṣamaḥ || 43 ||

Translation

రోగాది కారణంగా అశక్తుడైన మనిషి అక్కడ ‘ఆఘమర్షణ’ ప్రాయశ్చిత్తం చేయాలి. లేదా చేయలేకపోతే భస్మంతో, అలాగే ధూళితో కూడా స్నానం చేయాలి।

Word by Word

• roga-ādi-aśaktaḥ: unable due to illness etc.
• roga-ādi-aśaktaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: roga (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक) + aśakta (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: 'due to illness etc.' (roga-ādi) + 'unable' (aśakta)

• manujaḥ: a man
• manujaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: manuja (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• kuryāt: should do
• kuryāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: kṛ (कृ धातु)
• Form: Vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्/optative), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष/3rd person), Singular (एकवचन)

• tatra: there
• tatra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tatra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya (अव्यय), adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• agha-marṣaṇam: the Aghamarṣaṇa (sin-removing rite)
• agha-marṣaṇam: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: agha (प्रातिपदिक) + marṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन); तत्पुरुषः: 'sin' + 'removal/forgiveness rite'

• athavā: or else
• athavā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: athavā (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction/alternative particle (विकल्पार्थक निपात)

• bhasmanā: with ash
• bhasmanā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bhasman (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Singular (एकवचन)

• snātaḥ: bathed
• snātaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: snāta (प्रातिपदिक; √snā past participle)
• Form: Past passive participle (क्त/PPP), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन); 'having bathed'

• rajobhiḥ: with dust
• rajobhiḥ: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rajas (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Instrumental (तृतीया/3), Plural (बहुवचन)

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चयार्थक)

• eva: indeed
• eva: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: eva (अव्यय)
• Form: Emphatic particle (अवधारणार्थक निपात)

• vā: or
• vā: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: vā (अव्यय)
• Form: Alternative particle (विकल्पार्थक निपात)

• akṣamaḥ: incapable
• akṣamaḥ: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: akṣama (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Narratorial/authorial voice (didactic injunction)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Āghamarṣaṇa

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