Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 118

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

Devanagari script

चक्रकर्णहृतं भुक्तौ कर्णे त्रिज्याधिके धनम् । ऋणमूनेऽधिके प्रोह्य शेषं वक्रगतिर्भवेत् ॥ ११८ ॥

Transliteration

cakrakarṇahṛtaṃ bhuktau karṇe trijyādhike dhanam | ṛṇamūne'dhike prohya śeṣaṃ vakragatirbhavet || 118 ||

Translation

ในการคำนวณภุกติ ให้หารด้วยกรรณะของจักร หากกรรณะมากกว่าตรีชยาให้ถือเป็น ‘ธนะ’ (บวก) หากน้อยให้ถือเป็น ‘ฤณะ’ (ลบ) แล้วบวกหรือลบตามส่วนขาดหรือเกิน ส่วนที่เหลือคือเครื่องหมายแห่ง ‘วักระคติ’ (การโคจรคด)

Word by Word

• चक्र-कर्ण-हृतम्: divided/taken by the circle-hypotenuse
• चक्र-कर्ण-हृतम्: विशेषण (Qualifier of implied result in computation)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: चक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक) + हृत (कृदन्त; √हृ)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; कृदन्त (PPP: ‘taken/removed by the circle-hypotenuse’)

• भुक्तौ: in the motion (value)
• भुक्तौ: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भुक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन

• कर्णे: when the hypotenuse (karṇa) is (so)
• कर्णे: अधिकरण (Locative/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन

• त्रिज्या-अधिके: greater than the radius
• त्रिज्या-अधिके: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘कर्णे’)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रिज्या (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (‘greater than the radius’)

• धनम्: positive (wealth)
• धनम्: विधेय (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ऋणम्: negative (debt)
• ऋणम्: विधेय (Predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ऋण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ऊने: when (it is) less
• ऊने: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘कर्णे’ understood)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ऊन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (‘less/deficient’)

• अधिके: when (it is) greater
• अधिके: विशेषण (Qualifier of ‘कर्णे’ understood)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: अधिक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; विशेषण (‘when (it is) greater’)

• प्रोह्य: having subtracted/removed
• प्रोह्य: पूर्वकाल (Absolutive action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्र + √वह्/√ऊह् (धातु; uncertain)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (gerund/absolutive): ‘having removed/subtracted’; पाठभेद/धातुनिर्णय कठिन (prohya)

• शेषम्: the remainder
• शेषम्: कर्म/विषय (Object/topic)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शेष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• वक्र-गतिः: retrograde motion
• वक्र-गतिः: कर्ता/विधेय (Subject/predicate nominal)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वक्र (प्रातिपदिक) + गति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘वक्रगति’ = retrograde/curved motion

• भवेत्: would be/should be
• भवेत्: क्रिया (Action)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a technical/śāstraic context within the Moksha-Dharma section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

FAQs

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

Though technical in language, it reflects the Purāṇic ideal that precise knowledge (śāstra) supports right discernment—helping one align actions with dharma and, ultimately, the pursuit of mokṣa.

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

It does not teach bhakti directly; instead, it supplies a technical tool (vakra-gati/curved or retrograde course) that can underpin calendrical and astrological determinations used to schedule vows, fasts, and devotional observances.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Vedāṅga Jyotiṣa/gaṇita is highlighted—using ṛṇa (negative) and dhana (positive) adjustment and geometric terms like trijyā (radius) and karṇa (diagonal/hypotenuse) to infer vakra-gati (retrograde/curved motion).