Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 2
Dhvaja-Dhāraṇa Mahātmyam: Sumati–Satyamatī, Humility, and Deliverance by Hari’s Messengers
यस्तु वै सुमतिर्नाम ध्वजारोपपरो मुने । त्वयोक्तस्तस्य चरितं विस्तरेण ममादिश ॥ २ ॥
yastu vai sumatirnāma dhvajāropaparo mune | tvayoktastasya caritaṃ vistareṇa mamādiśa || 2 ||
ข้าแต่มุนี โปรดเมตตาเล่าโดยพิสดารถึงประวัติและความประพฤติของผู้ชื่อ “สุมติ” ผู้มุ่งมั่นในการชูธวัชะ ซึ่งท่านได้กล่าวถึงแล้วแก่ข้าพเจ้า
Sanatkumara (questioner) addressing Narada
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: adbhuta
Secondary Rasa: bhakti
FAQs
The verse highlights śraddhā-driven inquiry: a seeker requests a detailed account of a devotee’s conduct, implying that even a focused ritual act like dhvaja-āropaṇa can carry dharmic and devotional significance worth studying and emulating.
Bhakti is framed as practical devotion expressed through service and sacred symbols; the request to narrate Sumati’s life suggests that sincere, repeated devotional acts (like raising a temple banner) become exemplary models of lived devotion.
No specific Vedāṅga is taught directly in this verse; it instead sets up an itihāsa-style narration used in Purāṇas to transmit dharma and vrata procedure (how and why a ritual observance is performed).