Shloka 15

Yama-vilāpana

The Lamentation Concerning Yama

Devanagari script

यया रुक्मांगदो जातो मल्लिपेमर्ज्जनाय वै । नेदं व्यवस्थितं देव क्षितौ केनापि भूभुजा ॥ १५ ॥

Transliteration

yayā rukmāṃgado jāto mallipemarjjanāya vai | nedaṃ vyavasthitaṃ deva kṣitau kenāpi bhūbhujā || 15 ||

Translation

ఆమె ద్వారా రుక్మాంగదుడు జన్మించాడు—అది మల్లిపే యొక్క మలము (అపవిత్రత) తొలగింపుకోసమే. హే దేవా! ఇలాంటి వ్యవస్థను భూమిపై ఏ రాజూ స్థాపించలేదు.

Word by Word

• यया: by whom/through whom
• यया: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-निर्देशकः (relative pronoun)

• रुक्म-अङ्गदः: Rukmāṅgada (the golden-armleted one)
• रुक्म-अङ्गदः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रुक्म (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; कर्मधारयः (रुक्मः अङ्गदः = 'golden armlet')

• जातः: was born
• जातः: Kriya (क्रिया/Predicative participle)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जन् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• मल्लि-पे-मर्ज्जनाय: for anointing/rubbing (with malli-pe)
• मल्लि-पे-मर्ज्जनाय: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Dative purpose)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मल्लि (प्रातिपदिक) + पे (प्रातिपदिक/अव्युत्पन्न-नाम) + मर्ज्जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग/पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मल्लि-पे इत्यस्य मर्ज्जनम् = 'for the rubbing/cleansing with malli-pe')

• वै: indeed
• वै: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वै (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (emphatic particle)

• न: not
• न: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/negation marker)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: निषेध-अव्यय

• इदम्: this
• इदम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; अत्र प्रथमा (as subject)

• व्यवस्थितम्: is established/settled
• व्यवस्थितम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वि + अव + √स्था (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; 'well-established/settled'

• देव: O lord
• देव: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: देव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन

• क्षितौ: on earth
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• केन: by whom
• केन: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; प्रश्नवाचक (interrogative)

• अपि: even
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय/अपवाद-अव्यय (particle: 'even/also')

• भूभुजा: by any king
• भूभुजा: Karana (करण/Instrument)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भू (प्रातिपदिक) + भुज् (धातु/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (भूः भुङ्क्ते/भुज्यते येन = 'earth-enjoyer' = king)

Speaker

Narrator (Purāṇic dialogue frame; attributed within the Narada Purana’s Uttara-Bhaga discourse tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Rukmangada

FAQs

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

It emphasizes daiva-vidhāna—events like the birth of a righteous figure are portrayed as divinely purposed for purification and restoration of dharma, beyond merely human political planning.

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

By presenting purification as divinely guided, the verse supports a bhakti-oriented outlook: surrender to the Lord’s higher arrangement and trust that dharmic outcomes unfold through divine will rather than human control alone.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No direct Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa) instruction appears; the practical takeaway is the Purāṇic dharma principle that purification (śuddhi/marjana) is a key aim of sacred narratives and tirtha-oriented practice.