Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 16

Śokanivāraṇa: Non-brooding, Impermanence, Contentment, and Śuka’s Renunciation

Devanagari script

व्याधितस्य चिकित्साभिस्त्रस्यतो जीवितैषिणः । आमयस्य विनाशाय शरीरमनुकृष्यते ॥ १६ ॥

Transliteration

vyādhitasya cikitsābhistrasyato jīvitaiṣiṇaḥ | āmayasya vināśāya śarīramanukṛṣyate || 16 ||

Translation

ผู้ป่วยที่หวาดหวั่นและใฝ่รักษาชีวิต เพื่อทำลายโรค ย่อมถูกบังคับให้ร่างกายรับการรักษาต่าง ๆ ถูกฝืนและข่มกายให้ทน

Word by Word

• व्याधितस्य: of the afflicted (person)
• व्याधितस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कृदन्त (past passive participle sense: 'afflicted', from व्याध्/व्याधि-भाव), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine) / सामान्यतः, षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th case), एकवचन (singular)

• चिकित्साभिः: by treatments/therapies
• चिकित्साभिः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिकित्सा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (feminine), तृतीया (Instrumental, 3rd case), बहुवचन (plural)

• त्रस्यतः: of the frightened (one)
• त्रस्यतः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रस् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त (वर्तमान कृदन्त/शतृ), पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular)

• जीवितैषिणः: of one seeking life
• जीवितैषिणः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: जीवित + एषिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन (singular); तत्पुरुष-समासः (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष) = 'seeking life'

• आमयस्य: of the disease
• आमयस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आमय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), षष्ठी (Genitive, 6th case), एकवचन (singular)

• विनाशाय: for destruction
• विनाशाय: Sampradāna/Prayojana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विनाश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (masculine), चतुर्थी (Dative, 4th case), एकवचन (singular)

• शरीरम्: the body
• शरीरम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शरीर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd case), एकवचन (singular)

• अनुकृष्यते: is drawn/dragged along
• अनुकृष्यते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अनु + कृष् (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), आत्मनेपदम्, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (singular); कर्मणि-प्रयोग (passive sense)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in the Moksha-Dharma dialogue)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: karuna

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

It highlights how fear and the desire to live drive a person to discipline the body through treatment—implying that bodily concern is powerful, yet ultimately tied to impermanence, encouraging reflection and detachment in Moksha-Dharma.

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

Indirectly, it shows that people exert great effort to save the body; the same intensity can be redirected toward steadiness in devotion and remembrance of the Lord, which aims at removing the deeper ‘disease’ of bondage.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedanga is taught in this verse; it uses a practical example of chikitsā (remedial discipline) to illustrate Moksha-Dharma reasoning about bodily attachment and the motivations behind human action.