Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 84
Dhvaja-Dhāraṇa Mahātmyam: Sumati–Satyamatī, Humility, and Deliverance by Hari’s Messengers
तस्माज्जानीहि देवर्षे देवदेवस्य चक्रिणः । परिचर्या तु सर्वेषां कामधेनूपमा स्मृता ॥ ८४ ॥
tasmājjānīhi devarṣe devadevasya cakriṇaḥ | paricaryā tu sarveṣāṃ kāmadhenūpamā smṛtā || 84 ||
Vì thế, hỡi Devarṣi, hãy biết rằng: sự phụng sự (paricaryā) đối với Thần của các thần, Đấng mang Luân (cakra), được ghi nhớ như Kamadhenu—bò như ý—cho muôn loài, ban mọi điều lành mong cầu.
Sanatkumara (addressing Narada)
Vrata: none
Primary Rasa: bhakti
Secondary Rasa: adbhuta
FAQs
It elevates paricaryā (devoted service) to Vishnu as a supreme, universally beneficial practice—likened to Kāmadhenū—implying it yields both worldly welfare and spiritual uplift.
It frames bhakti as active service to Vishnu (the Cakrin), teaching that consistent seva is not merely reverence but a transformative discipline that naturally brings auspicious results.
No specific Vedanga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is taught in this verse; the practical takeaway is ritual-practice orientation—paricaryā as a core sādhana within Vaiṣṇava dharma.