Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 82

Sṛṣṭi-pralaya-kathana: Mahābhūta-guṇāḥ, Vṛkṣa-indriya-vādaḥ, Prāṇa-vāyu-vyavasthā

Devanagari script

इष्टश्चानुष्टगंधश्च मधुरः कटुरेव च । निर्हारी संहतः स्निग्धो रुक्षो विशद एव च ॥ ८२ ॥

Transliteration

iṣṭaścānuṣṭagaṃdhaśca madhuraḥ kaṭureva ca | nirhārī saṃhataḥ snigdho rukṣo viśada eva ca || 82 ||

Translation

Hương có thể khả ái, cũng có thể bất khả ái; có thể ngọt, cũng có thể cay. Lại có thể tẩy sạch, có thể đặc kết, có thể nhuận dầu, có thể khô, hoặc cũng có thể trong sáng thanh tịnh.

Word by Word

• इष्टः: pleasant
• इष्टः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: इष्ट (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (desired/pleasing)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• अनिष्ट-गन्धः: unpleasant smell
• अनिष्ट-गन्धः: Karta (कर्ता/Listed item)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अनिष्ट (प्रातिपदिक) + गन्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्मधारय (अनिष्टः गन्धः)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• मधुरः: sweet
• मधुरः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Listed quality)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: मधुर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• कटुः: pungent
• कटुः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Listed quality)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: कटु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

• निर्हारी: cleansing/expelling
• निर्हारी: Visheshana (विशेषण/Listed quality)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: निर्हारिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; इन्-प्रत्ययान्त (expelling/clearing)

• संहतः: compact/dense
• संहतः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Listed quality)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्+हन् (धातु)
• Form: कृदन्त; क्त-प्रत्यय (PPP), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; अर्थ: compact/combined

• स्निग्धः: unctuous/oily
• स्निग्धः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Listed quality)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्निग्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• रूक्षः: dry/rough
• रूक्षः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Listed quality)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: रूक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• विशदः: clear/pure
• विशदः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Listed quality)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: विशद (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन

• एव: indeed
• एव: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/emphasis)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अवधारणार्थक

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयार्थक

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

FAQs

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

It catalogs changing sensory and physical qualities—pleasant/unpleasant, sweet/pungent, oily/dry—implying their impermanence and encouraging dispassion (vairāgya) and inner purification on the mokṣa path.

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

By highlighting that sensory qualities fluctuate, it supports bhakti as steadiness of mind in remembrance of the Lord beyond taste, smell, and bodily conditions—devotion that is not dependent on pleasurable experiences.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It is not a direct Vedāṅga lesson; rather, it functions as a practical sādhana cue used in Mokṣa-dharma: observe sensory attributes (rasa/gandha) without attachment, aiding discipline, purity (śauca), and meditative stability.