Shloka 40

The Greatness of the Month of Māgha

Māgha-snāna, Harivāsara, and the Kāṣṭhīlā-Upākhyāna

Devanagari script

सहिरण्ये सुदीपाढ्ये कृतपुष्पावतंसके । विधिना पूजयित्वा चकुर्याज्जागरणं व्रती ॥ ४० ॥

Transliteration

sahiraṇye sudīpāḍhye kṛtapuṣpāvataṃsake | vidhinā pūjayitvā cakuryājjāgaraṇaṃ vratī || 40 ||

Translation

سونے سمیت، روشن چراغوں کی کثرت اور پھولوں کے ہاروں سے آراستہ کر کے، مقررہ विधی کے مطابق پوجا کر کے ورت رکھنے والا رات بھر جاگَرَن کرے۔

Word by Word

• स-हिरण्ये: with gold
• स-हिरण्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + हिरण्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; उपपद-तत्पुरुष (हिरण्येन सह = with gold)

• सु-दीप-आढ्ये: abundant with good lamps
• सु-दीप-आढ्ये: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सु (उपसर्ग) + दीप (प्रातिपदिक) + आढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (दीपैः आढ्यम् = rich in lamps; सु- उपसर्ग: well)

• कृत-पुष्प-अवतंसके: with a prepared flower-ornament
• कृत-पुष्प-अवतंसके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कृत (प्रातिपदिक) + पुष्प (प्रातिपदिक) + अवतंसक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (पुष्पावतंसकः कृतः = having a made floral ornament)

• विधिना: according to rule/with proper procedure
• विधिना: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया-विभक्ति (Instrumental/करण), एकवचन

• पूजयित्वा: having worshipped
• पूजयित्वा: Kriya (क्रिया-अनुक्रम)
• Type: Verb
• Root: पूज् (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वा-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), पूर्वकाल (having worshipped)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (and)

• कुर्यात्: should do/perform
• कुर्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधि), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• जागरणम्: night-vigil
• जागरणम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जागरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/कर्म), एकवचन

• व्रती: the vow-observer
• व्रती: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्रतिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/कर्ता), एकवचन

Speaker

Narada (teaching in a vrata/mahatmya context within Uttara-Bhaga)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Harivāsara (contextual)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

It teaches that a vrata is completed not only by offerings (gold, lamps, flowers) but by disciplined wakeful devotion (jāgaraṇa), turning the whole night into sustained remembrance and worship.

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

Bhakti here is expressed through orderly pūjā (vidhi) and continuous attentiveness—keeping vigil after worship symbolizes unwavering focus on the deity beyond a single ritual moment.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects Kalpa (ritual procedure) through the emphasis on vidhinā (prescribed method), specifying standard pūjā components like dīpa-dāna (lamp offering) and jāgaraṇa as part of vrata observance.