Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 45

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Devanagari script

तस्य पादौ च संगृह्य अधीयीत विचक्षणः । अष्टकासु चतुर्दश्यां प्रतिपत्पर्वणोस्तथा ॥ ४५ ॥

Transliteration

tasya pādau ca saṃgṛhya adhīyīta vicakṣaṇaḥ | aṣṭakāsu caturdaśyāṃ pratipatparvaṇostathā || 45 ||

Translation

Người học trò sáng suốt, sau khi cung kính nắm lấy đôi chân của thầy, nên chuyên tâm học kinh điển. Đặc biệt vào các ngày Aṣṭakā, ngày caturdaśī (ngày 14 âm lịch), và vào các thời khắc parvan như ngày pratipat cùng những parvan khác.

Word by Word

• tasya: of him/of that (guru)
• tasya: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: tad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Pronoun, Masculine/Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular

• pādau: (the) two feet
• pādau: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pāda (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Dual

• ca: and
• ca: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ca (अव्यय)
• Form: Conjunction particle (समुच्चय-निपात)

• saṃgṛhya: having grasped
• saṃgṛhya: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषणम्)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: saṃgṛhya (कृदन्त; sam+√grah (धातु))
• Form: Absolutive/Gerund (क्त्वा/ल्यप्), ‘having held/taken (in hands)’

• adhīyīta: should study/recite
• adhīyīta: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √adhī (अधि+√इ/√इ (धातु); ‘to study/recite’)
• Form: Optative/vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्), Parasmaipada, 3rd person (प्रथम-पुरुष), Singular; ‘should study/recite’

• vicakṣaṇaḥ: the discerning (student)
• vicakṣaṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: vicakṣaṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine, Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular; used as agent noun ‘the discerning one’

• aṣṭakāsu: on the Aṣṭakā observances
• aṣṭakāsu: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: aṣṭakā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Plural; ‘on the aṣṭakā days’

• caturdaśyām: on the fourteenth lunar day
• caturdaśyām: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: caturdaśī (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी), Singular; ‘on the fourteenth (tithi)’

• pratipat: on Pratipad (1st lunar day)
• pratipat: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरणम्)
• Type: Noun
• Root: pratipad (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine, Locative (7th/सप्तमी) sense implied with dual compound; ‘on pratipad (1st tithi)’ (stem used in compound)

• parvaṇoḥ: of the two parvan days
• parvaṇoḥ: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Noun
• Root: parvan (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter, Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Dual; ‘of the two parvan/festival days’

• tathā: also/likewise
• tathā: Sambandha (सम्बन्धः)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: tathā (अव्यय)
• Form: Adverb (क्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय)

Speaker

Narada (in dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Guru (teacher)

FAQs

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

It links humility toward the guru (touching/clasping the teacher’s feet) with the proper timing of sacred study, teaching that knowledge bears fruit when approached with reverence and observed on ritually potent lunar days (parvan/tithi).

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

Bhakti is expressed here as guru-bhakti and disciplined practice: honoring the preceptor and engaging in regular recitation on auspicious observance-days, aligning one’s devotion with sacred time.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It emphasizes calendrical/ritual timing (tithi and parvan observances), a practical application aligned with Vedāṅga concerns—especially the correct scheduling of study and rites according to lunar days.