Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 27

The Description of the Worship of Rāma and Others

Rāmādi-pūjā-vidhāna

Devanagari script

परिक्षीणाधिपत्यो यः शाकाहारो जलांतरे । जपेल्लक्षं च जुहुयाद्विल्वपुष्पैर्दशांशतः ॥ २७ ॥

Transliteration

parikṣīṇādhipatyo yaḥ śākāhāro jalāṃtare | japellakṣaṃ ca juhuyādvilvapuṣpairdaśāṃśataḥ || 27 ||

Translation

جس کی سلطنت کمزور پڑ گئی ہو وہ سبزی خور رہے اور پانی کے اندر ٹھہرا رہے۔ وہ منتر کا ایک لاکھ جپ کرے اور پھر اس کے دسویں حصے کے برابر بیل کے پھولوں سے آہوتی دے۔

Word by Word

• परि-क्षीण-अधिपत्यः: one whose sovereignty has waned
• परि-क्षीण-अधिपत्यः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: परि (उपसर्ग) + क्षी (धातु) → क्षीण (कृदन्त, क्त) + अधिपत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; यस्य अधिपत्यं परिक्षीणम् (whose sovereignty is diminished)

• यः: who
• यः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन (relative pronoun)

• शाक-आहारः: vegetable-eater
• शाक-आहारः: कर्ता (Karta/कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शाक (प्रातिपदिक) + आहार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; शाकेन आहारः (one whose diet is vegetables)

• जल-अन्तरे: in water
• जल-अन्तरे: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जल (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; जले अन्तरे (in water, within water)

• जपेत्: should recite
• जपेत्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• लक्षम्: a hundred thousand (times)
• लक्षम्: कर्म (Karma/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन

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

• जुहुयात्: should offer (oblation)
• जुहुयात्: क्रिया (Action/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• विल्व-पुष्पैः: with bilva flowers
• विल्व-पुष्पैः: करण (Karaṇa/करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विल्व (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), बहुवचन; विल्वस्य पुष्पैः (with bilva flowers)

• दश-अंशतः: as a tenth (portion)
• दश-अंशतः: परिमाण/प्रकार (Measure/प्रकार)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दश (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + अंश (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित)
• Form: अव्यय (adverbial), तद्धितान्त -तस्; दशांश-रूपेण (as a tenth part)

Speaker

Narada (teaching ritual observances within the Vedanga/kalpa-oriented section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Bilva

FAQs

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

It prescribes a disciplined remedial observance: austerity (diet and immersion in water), intensive mantra-japa (100,000), and a proportionate homa (10% oblations), presenting ritual effort as a means to restore diminished power and fortune.

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

Though framed as a technical rite, the core is sustained remembrance through japa and offering through homa—acts that cultivate single-pointed devotion and surrender by repeating the deity-mantra and dedicating results through ritual offering.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Kalpa/ritual procedure is highlighted: the lakṣa-japa standard and the daśāṃśa rule (one-tenth homa after japa), along with the specified offering substance (bilva flowers) and the accompanying austerity regimen.