Shloka 46

The Discourse of Rukmāṅgada

Prabodhinī Ekādaśī, Kārtika-vrata, and Satya-dharma

Devanagari script

इयमेकादशी कार्या प्रबोधकरणी मया । अशेषपापबंधस्य छेदनी गतिदायिनी ॥ ४६ ॥

Transliteration

iyamekādaśī kāryā prabodhakaraṇī mayā | aśeṣapāpabaṃdhasya chedanī gatidāyinī || 46 ||

Translation

یہ ایکادشی میرے بتائے ہوئے طریقے سے ضرور کرنی چاہیے؛ یہ روحانی بیداری دیتی ہے، تمام پاپ کے بندھن کاٹتی ہے اور اعلیٰ ترین گتی عطا کرتی ہے۔

Word by Word

• इयम्: this
• इयम्: कर्ता (Karta/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (Nominative), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एकादशी: Ekādaśī (11th lunar day)
• एकादशी: कर्ता (Karta/Subject apposition)
• Type: Noun
• Root: एकादशी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन

• कार्या: should be observed
• कार्या: विधेय (Predicate; obligation)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: तव्यत्/यत्-प्रत्यय (Gerundive/obligatory), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘to be done/should be observed’

• प्रबोध-करणी: causing awakening
• प्रबोध-करणी: विशेषण (Adjective to एकादशी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: प्रबोध (प्रातिपदिक) + करणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘awakening-causing’)

• मया: by me
• मया: कर्ता (Agent; ‘by me’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तृतीया (Instrumental), एकवचन

• अशेष-पाप-बन्धस्य: of the bondage of all sins
• अशेष-पाप-बन्धस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अशेष (प्रातिपदिक) + पाप (प्रातिपदिक) + बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘of the bond of all sins’)

• छेदनी: cutting off
• छेदनी: विशेषण (Adjective to एकादशी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: छिद् (धातु)
• Form: ल्युट्/णी-प्रत्यय (agentive/causative adjective), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘that which cuts’

• गति-दायिनी: granting the (right) path/liberation
• गति-दायिनी: विशेषण (Adjective to एकादशी)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: गति (प्रातिपदिक) + दायिनी (प्रातिपदिक; from दा धातु)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (‘giver of liberation/goal’)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a vrata-mahātmya dialogue)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Ekādaśī

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Ekadashi

FAQs

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

It declares Ekādaśī as an awakening (prabodha) practice that severs all sin-born bondage (pāpa-bandha) and leads the practitioner toward the highest spiritual refuge (gati).

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

By presenting Ekādaśī as a transformative vow that purifies and awakens the heart, the verse supports Vaiṣṇava bhakti: disciplined observance becomes a direct aid to remembrance and surrender, culminating in divine gati.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It points to ritual-calendar discipline rooted in Jyotiṣa (tithi-based observance of the 11th lunar day) and Kalpa-style vrata procedure—how to time and perform Ekādaśī as a purificatory practice.