Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 28
Daśamī-vrata: Observances for the Bright Tenth Day Through the Twelve Months
ततः शत्रुप्रतिकृतिं निर्मितां पत्रकादिभिः । मनसा कल्पितां वापि स्वर्णं पुंरवंशरेण वै ॥ २८ ॥
tataḥ śatrupratikṛtiṃ nirmitāṃ patrakādibhiḥ | manasā kalpitāṃ vāpi svarṇaṃ puṃravaṃśareṇa vai || 28 ||
แล้วจึงทำหุ่นแทนศัตรูด้วยใบไม้เป็นต้น—หรือแม้เพียงกำหนดในใจ—โอเชื้อสายปุรูรวัส และพึงถวายทองคำเป็นทานบูชาด้วย.
Narada (instructional narration within the chapter’s ritual/summary flow)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: raudra (anger)
Secondary Rasa: vira (heroic)
FAQs
It highlights that ritual action can be performed with minimal external materials—or even mentally—while emphasizing dana (offering, here gold) as an ethical-ritual completion of the act.
Indirectly: it shows that inner intention (manasa kalpana) matters, a principle also central to bhakti where sincere inner offering is valued even when external resources are limited.
Kalpa-style procedural ritual knowledge is implied: using prescribed substitutes (leaves, symbolic effigy, or mental construction) and concluding with dana, reflecting practical ritual methodology rather than grammar or astrology.