Shloka 77
Kāṣṭhīlā-Ākhyāna: Ratnāvalī’s Return, Co-wife Dharma, and the Phālguna Propitiation
यत्किंचिद्रक्षसः पार्श्वान्मया प्राप्तं पुरा वसु । सुतामुद्वहतो राज्ञो यच्च लब्धं मयाखिलम् ॥ ७७ ॥
yatkiṃcidrakṣasaḥ pārśvānmayā prāptaṃ purā vasu | sutāmudvahato rājño yacca labdhaṃ mayākhilam || 77 ||
Anumang yaman na minsan kong nakuha mula sa panig ng rākṣasa, at lahat ng natamo ko nang ihatid ng hari ang kanyang anak na babae sa pag-aasawa—ang lahat ng iyon ay aking napagkamit.
Narrator within the Adhyaya (a character recounting his acquisitions; framed within the Purana’s ongoing discourse)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: vira
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
The verse highlights attachment to acquired wealth and the recounting of material gains—an implicit contrast often used in Purāṇic narration to point the listener back toward dharma and higher aims beyond mere artha.
This specific verse is not a direct bhakti instruction; instead, it functions as narrative material showing worldly motivations. In Narada Purana’s broader teaching style, such passages commonly serve as a backdrop against which devotion to Vishnu and dharmic living are emphasized as superior goals.
No explicit Vedāṅga (such as Vyākaraṇa, Jyotiṣa, or Kalpa-ritual procedure) is taught in this verse; it is primarily narrative, using clear action-phrases (udvahataḥ, prāptam, labdham) rather than technical ritual or astronomical terminology.