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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 7

गङ्गामाहात्म्य — The Greatness of the Gaṅgā

Devanagari script

ज्ञानाज्ञानकृतं पापं यच्चान्यत्कारितं परैः । तत्सर्वं नाशयत्याशु परिचर्या महात्मनाम् ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

jñānājñānakṛtaṃ pāpaṃ yaccānyatkāritaṃ paraiḥ | tatsarvaṃ nāśayatyāśu paricaryā mahātmanām || 7 ||

Translation

Tội lỗi đã làm do biết hay không biết, và cả những điều sai trái do người khác gây nên, tất thảy đều mau chóng bị tiêu trừ nhờ sự phụng sự chí thành đối với các bậc thánh đại tâm.

Word by Word
ज्ञानby knowledge
ज्ञान:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; instrumental sense ‘by/through knowledge’
अज्ञानby ignorance
अज्ञान:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootअज्ञान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), एकवचन; instrumental sense ‘by ignorance’
कृतम्done/committed
कृतम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with ‘पापम्’
पापम्sin
पापम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootपाप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; object of ‘नाशयति’
यत्which
यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; relative pronoun referring to ‘पापम्/अन्यत्’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
अन्यत्other (wrong)
अन्यत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘other (sin)’
कारितम्caused to be done
कारितम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootकृ (धातु) + णिच् (causative) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formणिजन्त-भूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (causative PPP), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; agrees with ‘अन्यत्/पापम्’
परैःby others
परैः:
Karana (करण)
TypeNoun
Rootपर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; agent/instrument ‘by others’
तत्that
तत्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; demonstrative ‘that’ (referring to the sins)
सर्वम्all
सर्वम्:
Visheshana (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; qualifies ‘तत्’
नाशयतिdestroys
नाशयति:
Kriya (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootनाशय् (धातु; णिच् causative of नश्)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
आशुquickly
आशु:
Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootआशु (अव्यय)
Formकालवाचक-अव्यय (adverb of time)
परिचर्याservice/attendance (devout practice)
परिचर्या:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootपरि + चर् (धातु) + यत्/या (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; subject of ‘नाशयति’
महात्मनाम्of great souls
महात्मनाम्:
Shashthi-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
TypeNoun
Rootमहात्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/सम्बन्ध), बहुवचन; ‘of great-souled (persons)’; समास: महत् + आत्मन्
Speaker

Narada (teaching within the Narada–Sanatkumara dialogue context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

It teaches that sincere service to realized, great-souled saints (mahātmanām paricaryā) functions as a powerful purifier, swiftly removing karmic demerit accumulated knowingly, unknowingly, or even through indirect involvement.

By emphasizing paricaryā—humble attendance and service to saintly devotees—as a direct support to bhakti, since serving the holy strengthens devotion, corrects conduct, and cleanses obstacles (pāpa) that block remembrance of the Divine.

Rather than a technical Vedanga topic (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa), the verse highlights practical dharma: a living form of prāyaścitta (atonement) through sādhūnām-sevā (service to saints), stressing conduct and purification over mere ritual formalism.

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