Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 41

Graha–Ketu–Utpāta Lakṣaṇas: Solar/Lunar Omens, Comets, Eclipses, and Calendar Rules

Devanagari script

तदा दुर्भिक्षकलहरोगानावृष्टिभीतिकृत् । हस्तादिषट्सु तारासु विचरन्निन्दुनंदनः ॥ ४१ ॥

Transliteration

tadā durbhikṣakalaharogānāvṛṣṭibhītikṛt | hastādiṣaṭsu tārāsu vicarannindunaṃdanaḥ || 41 ||

Translation

ครานั้น อินทุนันทนะ (พุธ) เมื่อโคจรผ่านนักษัตรทั้งหกเริ่มด้วยหัสตะ ย่อมก่อให้เกิดความหวาดหวั่นจากทุพภิกขภัย ความวิวาท โรคภัย และความแห้งแล้งไร้ฝน

Word by Word

• tadā: then
• tadā: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tadā (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (temporal adverb)

• durbhikṣa-kalaha-roga-anāvṛṣṭi-bhīti-kṛt: causing fear of famine, quarrel, disease, and drought
• durbhikṣa-kalaha-roga-anāvṛṣṭi-bhīti-kṛt: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: durbhikṣa + kalaha + roga + anāvṛṣṭi + bhīti + kṛt (प्रातिपदिक; कृदन्त-प्रत्यय ‘कृत्’)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; ‘कृदन्त’ (कृत्-प्रत्ययान्त) विशेषण; समासः—षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष-प्रायः (X-कर्ता/जनकः)

• hasta-ādi-ṣaṭsu: in the six (nakṣatras) beginning with Hasta
• hasta-ādi-ṣaṭsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: hasta + ādi + ṣaṭ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (षट्-शब्दस्य), सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन; ‘ādi’ = ‘etc.’; समासः—तत्पुरुष (hasta-ādi = ‘beginning with Hasta’)

• tārāsu: among the stars/nakṣatras
• tārāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tārā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), बहुवचन

• vicaran: moving/wandering
• vicaran: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: vi + car (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमान-कृदन्त (शतृ/शानच्-प्रत्यय; present active participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• indu-nandanaḥ: Budha (son of the Moon)
• indu-nandanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: indu + nandana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; समासः—षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (‘इन्दोः नन्दनः’ = ‘son of the Moon’)

Speaker

Sage Narada (teaching in a Moksha-Dharma discourse, with technical jyotiṣa-style prognostication)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Budha (Mercury)
• Chandra (Moon)
• Hasta (Nakshatra)

FAQs

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

It frames worldly upheavals—famine, conflict, disease, and drought—as time-bound karmic conditions indicated by planetary motion, encouraging vigilance, dharmic conduct, and remedial piety rather than panic.

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

By highlighting fear-producing periods, it implicitly directs seekers to take refuge in steady sādhana—especially Hari/Vishnu-bhakti—so the mind remains anchored even when external conditions turn adverse.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Jyotiṣa (a Vedāṅga) is used: Budha’s transit through specific nakṣatras (the six beginning with Hasta) is presented as an indicator of collective outcomes like drought and disease.