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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 47

Dhvajāropaṇa and Dhvajāgopaṇa: Procedure, Stotra, and Phala (Merit) of Raising Viṣṇu’s Flag

Devanagari script

यस्त्वारोप्य गृहे विष्णोर्ध्वजं नित्यमुपाचरेत् । स देवयानेन दिवं यातीव सुमतिर्नृपः ॥ ४७ ॥

Transliteration

yastvāropya gṛhe viṣṇordhvajaṃ nityamupācaret | sa devayānena divaṃ yātīva sumatirnṛpaḥ || 47 ||

Translation

凡在家中为主毗湿奴竖立旗幡，并日日供奉礼拜者——噢，国王——此明智之人将循天道（devayāna）而升至天界。

Word by Word
यःhe who
यः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
तुindeed
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअवधारण/विरोधार्थक-अव्यय (particle: 'but/indeed')
आरोप्यhaving hoisted
आरोप्य:
Kriya (क्रिया/Non-finite verb)
TypeVerb
Rootआ-रुह् (धातु)
Formल्यप्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund): 'having hoisted/placed'
गृहेin the house/temple
गृहे:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootगृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/Locative), एकवचन; अधिकरण
विष्णोःof Vishnu
विष्णोः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध
ध्वजम्flag
ध्वजम्:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootध्वज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म
नित्यम्always
नित्यम्:
Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Temporal)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootनित्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formक्रियाविशेषण-अव्यय (adverbial accusative): 'always/constantly'
उपाचरेत्should worship/serve
उपाचरेत्:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootउप-आ-चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद
सःhe
सः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; अन्वादेश
देवयानेनby the divine path (devayāna)
देवयानेन:
Karana (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootदेवयान (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/Instrumental), एकवचन; साधन (means)
दिवम्to heaven
दिवम्:
Karma (कर्म/Goal)
TypeNoun
Rootदिव्/द्यौ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; कर्म (goal as object of motion)
यातिgoes
याति:
Kriya (क्रिया/Predicate)
TypeVerb
Rootया (धातु)
Formलट्-लकार (Present), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन
इवas if/like
इव:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइव (अव्यय)
Formउपमावाचक-अव्यय (comparative particle: 'as/like')
सुमतिःa wise/good-minded one
सुमतिः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसुमति (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे (appositional)
नृपःa king
नृपः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootनृप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; कर्तृ-सम्बन्धे (appositional)
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada; addressed as 'nṛpaḥ' in the verse as a conventional vocative within the discourse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
V
Vishnu

FAQs

It teaches that simple, consistent household devotion—symbolized by installing and reverently serving Viṣṇu’s dhvaja—earns divine merit and leads the devotee toward heavenly attainment via the devayāna.

Bhakti is shown as nitya-upacāra (daily service): not merely belief, but regular honoring of Viṣṇu through a visible sacred emblem (dhvaja), cultivating steadiness (niṣṭhā) and purity of intent.

Ritual application (kalpa-oriented practice) is implied: establishing a sacred object in the home and performing regular upacāra (daily observance) as a disciplined vow-like routine.

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