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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 138

Mokṣopāya: Bhakti-rooted Jñāna and the Aṣṭāṅga Yoga of Viṣṇu-Meditation

Devanagari script

ध्यानं सद्भिनिर्गदितं प्रत्ययस्यैकतानता । ध्यानं कृत्वा मुहुर्त्तं वा परं मोक्षं लभेन्नरः ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

dhyānaṃ sadbhinirgaditaṃ pratyayasyaikatānatā | dhyānaṃ kṛtvā muhurttaṃ vā paraṃ mokṣaṃ labhennaraḥ || 38 ||

Translation

Thiền định, như bậc hiền trí đã tuyên dạy, là sự liên tục nhất tâm của một niệm duy nhất. Chỉ cần thực hành thiền định ấy dù trong một muhūrta (khoảng bốn mươi tám phút), người ấy cũng đạt được giải thoát tối thượng.

Word by Word
ध्यानम्meditation
ध्यानम्:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd case), एकवचन; abstract noun
सद्भिःby the good/wise (persons)
सद्भिः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd case), बहुवचन; instrumental
निर्गदितम्declared/expounded
निर्गदितम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootनि√गद् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies ‘ध्यानम्’
प्रत्ययस्यof the conviction/faith
प्रत्ययस्य:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रत्यय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th case), एकवचन; genitive
एकतानताone-pointedness/continuity
एकतानता:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootएक + तानता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन; abstract noun
ध्यानम्meditation
ध्यानम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootध्यान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; object of ‘कृत्वा’ (having done)
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्यय (gerund), ‘having done’
मुहूर्त्तम्for a muhūrta (a short time)
मुहूर्त्तम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootमुहूर्त्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; accusative of duration (कालाधिकरणार्थे)
वाor
वा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवा (अव्यय)
Formविकल्पार्थक निपात (particle of alternative)
परम्supreme
परम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; qualifies ‘मोक्षम्’
मोक्षम्liberation
मोक्षम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootमोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन
लभेत्would obtain
लभेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√लभ् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
नरःa man/person
नरः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootनर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a moksha-oriented discourse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta (peace)

Secondary Rasa: bhakti (devotion)

Characters & Entities
N
Narada
S
Sanatkumara

FAQs

It gives a precise technical definition of dhyāna as unbroken one-pointedness of a single cognition and emphasizes that even a relatively short, concentrated practice can lead to supreme mokṣa when it is truly steady and continuous.

While framed as dhyāna, it supports bhakti by implying that continuous, single-minded absorption in the chosen divine object (commonly Vishnu in Narada Purana practice) is the essence of effective contemplation—turning devotion into unwavering inner remembrance.

It uses the traditional time-measure muhūrta (relevant to Jyotiṣa/time-reckoning) to make the practice measurable, teaching that disciplined timing plus one-pointed mental continuity is central to successful sādhanā.

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