Home›Narada Purana›Purva Bhaga›Second Quarter›Adhyaya 52›Shloka 22
←Previous Verse
Next Verse→

Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 22

Vyākaraṇa-saṅgraha: Pada–Vibhakti–Kāraka–Lakāra–Samāsa

Devanagari script

मास्मयोगे च लङ् वाच्यो लोडाशिषि च धातुतः । विध्यादौ स्यादाशिषि च लिङितो द्विविधो मुने ॥ २२ ॥

Transliteration

māsmayoge ca laṅ vācyo loḍāśiṣi ca dhātutaḥ | vidhyādau syādāśiṣi ca liṅito dvividho mune || 22 ||

Translation

噫，牟尼！凡与“mā sma”（“勿……”）相应之句，当用laṅ（不定过去/aorist）。而在祝祷赐福（āśiṣ）之语中，应依动词根用loṭ（祈使）。同样，liṅ（愿望/可能式）用于戒令之处，亦用于祝福之义——故liṅ有二类。

Word by Word
माdo not
मा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootमा (अव्यय)
Formनिषेधार्थक-अव्यय (prohibitive particle)
अस्म-योगेin the asmad-construction
अस्म-योगे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम) + योग (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (षष्ठी: ‘अस्मदः योगः’), पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in the construction with asmad’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय (conjunction)
लङ्laṅ (imperfect)
लङ्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootलङ् (लकार-नाम)
Formलकार-शब्द (technical), प्रथमा, एकवचन (अव्ययवत्-प्रयोगः)
वाच्यःis to be used
वाच्यः:
Vidhi (विधि/Predicate)
TypeAdjective
Rootवच् (धातु) + यत् (कृत्) → वाच्य (कृदन्त)
Formयत्-प्रत्ययान्त (gerundive), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (लङ्) इति विधेयः; ‘to be used/expressed’
लोट्loṭ (imperative)
लोट्:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootलोट् (लकार-नाम)
Formलकार-शब्द (technical), प्रथमा, एकवचन
आशिषिin a benedictive sense
आशिषि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootआशिष् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in benediction/blessing’
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
धातुतःfrom the root/according to the dhātu
धातुतः:
Hetu (हेतु/Cause-Basis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootधातु (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित) → धातुतस्
Formतद्धितान्त-अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘from/according to the root’
विधि-आदौin injunction etc.
विधि-आदौ:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootविधि (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (‘विधिः आदिः यस्मिन्’/‘विध्यादि’ as category), पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसक (category-term), सप्तमी, एकवचन; ‘in injunction etc.’
स्यात्would be/should be
स्यात्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; परस्मैपद
आशिषिin benediction
आशिषि:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Locative)
TypeNoun
Rootआशिष् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी, एकवचन
चand
च:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयार्थक-अव्यय
लिङ्-इतःthe liṅ (optative/benedictive marker)
लिङ्-इतः:
Vishaya (विषय/Topic)
TypeNoun
Rootलिङ् (लकार-नाम) + इत (प्रातिपदिक/कृदन्त-प्रयोगः ‘indicated by’) (समास/निर्देश)
Formतत्पुरुष-समास (निर्देश: ‘लिङ्-इतः’ = ‘by liṅ’), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (विध्यादौ/आशिषि) इत्यत्र लिङ्-लकारस्य निर्देशः
द्विविधःtwofold
द्विविधः:
Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootद्वि (संख्या) + विध (प्रातिपदिक) (समास)
Formद्विगु-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; (लिङ्-इतः) इति विशेषणम्; ‘of two kinds’
मुनेO sage
मुने:
Sambodhana (सम्बोधन/Vocative)
TypeNoun
Rootमुनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (8th), एकवचन
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: none

Characters & Entities
N
Narada
S
Sanatkumara

FAQs

It shows that right understanding of Dharma depends on correctly reading Vedic and śāstric injunctions; grammar (Vyākaraṇa) safeguards the intended meaning of prohibitions, commands, and blessings.

Indirectly: Bhakti practice relies on scriptural instructions (vidhi) and prohibitions (niṣedha). This verse clarifies the linguistic forms by which such guidance is expressed, helping devotees follow Narada Purana rituals and vows accurately.

Vyākaraṇa (Sanskrit grammar): the proper use of laṅ with “mā sma” (prohibitive), loṭ for imperatives/benedictions, and liṅ as a twofold optative—used for injunctions and for blessings.

←Previous Verse
Next Verse→