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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 70

Dhvaja-Dhāraṇa Mahātmyam: Sumati–Satyamatī, Humility, and Deliverance by Hari’s Messengers

एषा च नर्तनं चक्रे तथैव ध्वजरोषणम् । अन्तकाले विष्णुगृहे तेन निष्पापतां गतौ ॥ ७० ॥

eṣā ca nartanaṃ cakre tathaiva dhvajaroṣaṇam | antakāle viṣṇugṛhe tena niṣpāpatāṃ gatau || 70 ||

她曾起舞,又同样使幢旗高举(或令旗杆作响)。临终之际,凭此善行,她得至毗湿奴之居所,离罪清净。

एषाthis (woman)
एषा:
कर्ता (Kartā; subject)
TypeNoun
Rootएतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun) ‘एतद्’; स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular)
and
:
समुच्चय (coordination)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (conjunction)
नर्तनम्dancing
नर्तनम्:
कर्म (Karma; object of चक्रे)
TypeNoun
Rootनर्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
चक्रेdid/performed
चक्रे:
क्रिया (Kriyā)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formलिट्-लकार (Perfect), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (Singular)
तथाlikewise
तथा:
क्रियाविशेषण (manner)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतथा (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (adverb)
एवindeed/just
एव:
निपात (emphasis)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootएव (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय (particle of emphasis)
ध्वजरोषणम्(an act of) anger regarding the banner
ध्वजरोषणम्:
कर्म (Karma; object of चक्रे)
TypeNoun
Rootध्वज + रोषण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘ध्वजस्य रोषणम्’ = anger at/with regard to the banner
अन्तकालेat the time of death
अन्तकाले:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa; time)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तकाल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘अन्ते कालः’ = at the final time
विष्णुगृहेin Vishnu’s abode
विष्णुगृहे:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa; location)
TypeNoun
Rootविष्णु + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); ‘विष्णोः गृहः’ = Vishnu’s abode
तेनthereby/by that
तेन:
करण/हेतु (Karaṇa/Hetu; means/cause)
TypeNoun
Rootतद् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formसर्वनाम (pronoun) ‘तद्’; पुं/नपुंसक, तृतीया (Instrumental/3rd), एकवचन (Singular); हेतौ/करणे ‘by that/thereby’
निष्पापताम्sinlessness
निष्पापताम्:
कर्म (Karma; goal/object with गतौ)
TypeNoun
Rootनिष्पापता (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), द्वितीया (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)
गतौ(the two) attained
गतौ:
क्रिया/कर्तृसम्बन्ध (predicate participle of subject)
TypeVerb
Rootगम् (धातु)
Formक्त (past participle) from √गम् ‘gone/attained’; पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा (Nominative/1st), द्विवचन (Dual); (they) two attained

Narada

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

V
Vishnu

FAQs

It teaches that even simple, heartfelt devotional acts offered in connection with Viṣṇu—such as sacred dance and honoring His banner—generate puṇya that can remove sin and lead the soul to Viṣṇu’s abode at death.

Bhakti is shown as accessible and action-based: physical expressions of devotion (nartana, dhvaja-sevā) performed with reverence become spiritually transformative and culminate in remembrance and divine attainment at life’s end.

No specific Vedāṅga (like Vyākaraṇa or Jyotiṣa) is directly taught; the practical takeaway is ritual-devotional practice (upacāra/sevā) within Vaiṣṇava worship—using sanctioned acts to accrue merit and purify conduct.