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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 38

Vāmana’s Advent, Aditi’s Hymn, Bali’s Gift, and the Mahatmya of Bhū-dāna

त्वमेव जगतामीशो यत्रासि त्वं परात्परः । त्वद्रूपमखिलं देव तस्मान्नित्यं नमोऽस्तु ते ॥ ३८ ॥

tvameva jagatāmīśo yatrāsi tvaṃ parātparaḥ | tvadrūpamakhilaṃ deva tasmānnityaṃ namo'stu te || 38 ||

พระองค์เท่านั้นคือเจ้าแห่งสรรพโลก; ณ ที่ใดที่พระองค์สถิต ที่นั่นพระองค์คือผู้สูงสุดเหนือสูงสุด โอ้เทวะ สากลจักรวาลล้วนเป็นรูปของพระองค์ ฉะนั้นขอนอบน้อมแด่พระองค์เป็นนิตย์

त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा
एवalone/indeed
एव:
अवधारण
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण-अव्यय (Emphasis)
जगताम्of the worlds
जगताम्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootजगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), बहुवचन, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive)
ईशःlord
ईशः:
समानााधिकरण (Apposition to त्वम्)
TypeNoun
Rootईश (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा
यत्रwhere
यत्र:
अधिकरण (Locative sense/अधिकरण-निर्देश)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootयत्र (अव्यय)
Formदेशवाचक-अव्यय (Relative adverb: where)
असिare
असि:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलट् (Present), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
त्वम्you
त्वम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, एकवचन, प्रथमा
परात्परःbeyond the highest
परात्परः:
विशेषण (Adjective of त्वम्)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा; पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुष (Ablative Tatpurusha): परात् परः = beyond the beyond
त्वत्your
त्वत्:
सम्बन्ध (Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, एकवचन, षष्ठी (Genitive) (enclitic stem त्वद्-)
रूपम्form
रूपम्:
Karta (कर्ता) (of implied ‘is’)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (Nom/Acc)
अखिलम्entire, all
अखिलम्:
विशेषण
TypeAdjective
Rootअखिल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा/द्वितीया; विशेषण (of रूपम्)
देवO god
देव:
सम्बोधन (Address)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, एकवचन, सम्बोधन (8th/Vocative)
तस्मात्therefore
तस्मात्:
हेतु/निमित्त (Cause/Reason)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतस्मात् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक तद्)
Formहेतुवाचक-अव्यय (Ablatival adverb: therefore/from that)
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
कालाधिकरण (Temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (Adverbial accusative: always)
नमःsalutation
नमः:
कर्म/भाव (Object/act of salutation)
TypeNoun
Rootनमस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, एकवचन, प्रथमा (used as interjectional noun)
अस्तुlet it be
अस्तु:
क्रिया (Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/benedictive sense), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
तेto you
ते:
सम्प्रदान (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
TypeNoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम, एकवचन, चतुर्थी (4th/Dative)

Narada (offering stuti to the Supreme Lord, identified in the Narada Purana’s bhakti framework with Vishnu/Narayana)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

D
Deva
I
Isha
P
Paratpara (Supreme Lord)

FAQs

It affirms the Supreme Lord as the sole ruler and the transcendent reality, while also declaring the cosmos to be His manifestation—supporting a devotional yet all-pervading (viśvarūpa) understanding of God.

By recognizing the Lord as both beyond all and present as all, the devotee cultivates constant remembrance and humility—expressed here as “nityaṁ namo ’stu te,” continual surrender and reverence.

No specific Vedanga technique (like Vyakarana, Jyotisha, or Kalpa) is taught in this verse; its practical takeaway is devotional praxis—regular stuti and nitya-namaskāra as a daily discipline.