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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 153

Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation

Devanagari script

ध्यानमन्यत्प्रवक्ष्यामि श्रृणुष्व मुनि सत्तम । संसारतापतप्तानां सुधावृष्टिसमं नृणाम् ॥ ५३ ॥

Transliteration

dhyānamanyatpravakṣyāmi śrṛṇuṣva muni sattama | saṃsāratāpataptānāṃ sudhāvṛṣṭisamaṃ nṛṇām || 53 ||

Translation

บัดนี้เราจักกล่าววิธีภาวนาอีกประการหนึ่ง—ข้าแต่ฤๅษีผู้ประเสริฐ จงสดับเถิด สำหรับผู้คนที่ถูกเผาด้วยความร้อนแห่งสังสารวัฏ ย่อมประหนึ่งฝนอมฤต

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ध्यानम्meditation
ध्यानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; here as object of speech (what is to be taught)
अन्यत्another, different
अन्यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; विशेषण of ध्यानम्
प्रवक्ष्यामिI shall explain
प्रवक्ष्यामि:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवच् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
Formलृट् (Simple Future/भविष्यत्), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
शृणुष्वlisten
शृणुष्व:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootश्रु (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative/आज्ञार्थ), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd person), एकवचन; आत्मनेपद
मुनिO sage
मुनि:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th/vocative), एकवचन
सत्तमO best
सत्तम:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
TypeAdjective
Rootसत्तम (प्रातिपदिक; superlative of सत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन, एकवचन; विशेषण of मुनि
संसारworldly existence
संसार:
—
TypeNoun
Rootसंसार (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; in compound, stem form
तापheat, affliction
ताप:
—
TypeNoun
Rootताप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; in compound, stem form
तप्तानाम्of those scorched
तप्तानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootतप् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन; qualifies नृणाम्
संसारतापतप्तानाम्of people scorched by the heat of saṃsāra
संसारतापतप्तानाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeAdjective
Rootसंसार (प्रातिपदिक) + ताप (प्रातिपदिक) + तप् (धातु)→तप्त (कृदन्त)
Formषष्ठी बहुवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (determinative): संसारस्य तापेन तप्ताः (scorched by the heat of saṃsāra)
सुधाnectar
सुधा:
—
TypeNoun
Rootसुधा (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; in compound, stem form
वृष्टिrain, shower
वृष्टि:
—
TypeNoun
Rootवृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; in compound, stem form
समम्equal to, like
समम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; predicate adjective to ध्यानम्
सुधावृष्टिसमम्like a shower of nectar
सुधावृष्टिसमम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeAdjective
Rootसुधा (प्रातिपदिक) + वृष्टि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष: सुधायाः वृष्ट्या समम् (like a shower of nectar)
नृणाम्of men, of people
नृणाम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootनृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
N
Narada
S
Sanatkumara

FAQs

It frames meditation as a compassionate remedy: for beings burned by saṃsāra’s afflictions, dhyāna cools and restores the mind like a shower of nectar, preparing one for liberation-oriented insight.

Though the verse speaks directly of dhyāna, it aligns with Bhakti by presenting inner contemplation as a grace-like cooling influence—often fulfilled in Narada Purana through meditating on the Lord’s names, form, and qualities to dissolve worldly distress.

No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Śikṣā) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is sādhana-focused—regular meditation as an applied discipline to counter saṃsāric suffering.

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