Shloka 31

Rukmāṅgada–Vāmadeva Saṃvāda: Ahimsa, Hunting, and the Fruit of Dvādaśī-Bhakti

Devanagari script

अद्य मे पातकं क्षीणं संप्राप्तं कर्मणः फलम् । दृष्ट्वा तव पदांभोजं सम्यग्ध्यानपरस्य च ॥ ३१ ॥

Transliteration

adya me pātakaṃ kṣīṇaṃ saṃprāptaṃ karmaṇaḥ phalam | dṛṣṭvā tava padāṃbhojaṃ samyagdhyānaparasya ca || 31 ||

Translation

วันนี้บาปของข้าพเจ้าสิ้นไป และผลแท้แห่งกรรมก็ได้บรรลุแล้ว เพราะข้าพเจ้าได้เห็นดอกบัวคือพระบาทของท่าน และได้พบผู้ตั้งมั่นในสมาธิอันถูกต้องด้วย

Word by Word

• अद्य: today/now
• अद्य: कालाधिकरण (Temporal/अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अद्य (अव्यय)
• Form: कालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)

• मे: my
• मे: सम्बन्ध (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन (enclitic)

• पातकम्: sin
• पातकम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पातक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• क्षीणम्: destroyed/waned
• क्षीणम्: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √क्षि (धातु) → क्षीण (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; पातकम् इति विशेष्येण सह

• संप्राप्तम्: has been obtained
• संप्राप्तम्: विधेय-विशेषण (Predicative/विधेय)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + प्र + √आप् (धातु) → संप्राप्त (कृदन्त, भूतकर्मणि)
• Form: भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; फलम् इति विशेष्येण सह

• कर्मणः: of (my) action/deed
• कर्मणः: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• फलम्: fruit/result
• फलम्: कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• दृष्ट्वा: having seen
• दृष्ट्वा: हेतु/पूर्वक्रिया (Cause/prior action)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: √दृश् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त-अव्यय (gerund)

• तव: your
• तव: सम्बन्ध (Possessor/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: युष्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी-विभक्ति (genitive), एकवचन

• पद-अम्भोजम्: your lotus-feet
• पद-अम्भोजम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पद (प्रातिपदिक) + अम्भोज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Tatpuruṣa (षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः) ‘पदस्य अम्भोजम्’ (lotus of the feet)

• सम्यक्-ध्यान-परस्य: of you who are devoted to proper meditation
• सम्यक्-ध्यान-परस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive qualifier/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्यक् (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + ध्यान (प्रातिपदिक) + पर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, षष्ठी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; Tatpuruṣa ‘सम्यक् ध्यानं परः’ = ‘one devoted to proper meditation’ (genitive agreeing with तव)

• च: and
• च: समुच्चय (Conjunctive/समुच्चय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

A devotee/pilgrim addressing a revered spiritual person (guru/saint) within the Tirtha-Mahatmya narrative frame

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

It teaches that sin is destroyed and karmic merit ripens through sacred darśana—especially the vision of a holy person’s lotus-feet—and through association with those established in right meditation.

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

Bhakti is shown as grace-filled: simply beholding the revered feet (a classic Purāṇic bhakti-image) and honoring a meditator’s presence becomes a transforming act that grants the ‘fruit of karma’ and inner purification.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught directly; the practical takeaway is sādhana-based—darśana, satsanga, and samyak-dhyāna as disciplines for purification and spiritual progress.