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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 38

Sanatkumāra’s Bhāgavata Tantra: Tattvas, Māyā-Bonds, Embodiment, and the Necessity of Dīkṣā

Devanagari script

शक्तं यां वृत्तिभेदात्तुविहिताः खलु कल्पनाः । चिज्जडानुग्रहार्थाय कृत्वा रूपाणि वै प्रभुः ॥ ३८ ॥

Transliteration

śaktaṃ yāṃ vṛttibhedāttuvihitāḥ khalu kalpanāḥ | cijjaḍānugrahārthāya kṛtvā rūpāṇi vai prabhuḥ || 38 ||

Translation

由于作用方式的差别（vṛtti-bheda），关于那同一神力（śakti）便确实安立了种种概念设定（kalpanā）。主宰（Prabhu）为垂怜有知之灵（caitanya）与无知之物（jaḍa），而示现诸般形相。

Word by Word
शक्तम्endowed with power, capable
शक्तम्:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootशक्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘याम्’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम् (as ‘endowed/able’)
याम्which (that)
याम्:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), एकवचन; सम्बन्धवाचक सर्वनाम
वृत्ति-भेदात्from/due to difference of functions/modes
वृत्ति-भेदात्:
Apadana (अपादान/हेतु)
TypeNoun
Rootवृत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + भेद (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; पञ्चमी (5th case), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (षष्ठी): वृत्तेः भेदः; तस्मात् (ablative)
तुbut
तु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootतु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; विरोध/अवधानसूचक
विहिताःarranged, posited
विहिताः:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootवि + √धा (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त) / विहित (प्रातिपदिक)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (PPP, क्त); स्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन; ‘कल्पनाः’ इत्यस्य विशेषणम्
खलुindeed
खलु:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootखलु (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphasis)
कल्पनाःconceptual constructs
कल्पनाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootकल्पना (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), बहुवचन
चित्-जड-अनुग्रह-अर्थायfor the purpose of grace to the sentient and the inert
चित्-जड-अनुग्रह-अर्थाय:
Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/प्रयोजन)
TypeNoun
Rootचित् (प्रातिपदिक) + जड (प्रातिपदिक) + अनुग्रह (प्रातिपदिक) + अर्थ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; चतुर्थी (4th case), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (उद्देश्य/प्रयोजन): चित्-जडयोः अनुग्रहस्य अर्थः (for the purpose of favoring sentient and insentient)
कृत्वाhaving made
कृत्वा:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/पूर्वक्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√कृ (धातु) + त्वा (कृदन्त)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive); पूर्वकाल (prior action)
रूपाणिforms
रूपाणि:
Karma (कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootरूप (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग; द्वितीया (2nd case), बहुवचन
वैindeed
वै:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootवै (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय; निपात (emphatic particle)
प्रभुःthe Lord
प्रभुः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootप्रभु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग; प्रथमा (1st case), एकवचन
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities
P
Prabhu (Ishvara)

FAQs

It explains that many doctrinal descriptions of Śakti arise from differing functional standpoints (vṛttis), while the Lord’s taking of forms is fundamentally an act of grace meant to guide both conscious beings and those bound to inert materiality.

By stating that the Lord assumes forms for anugraha, it supports bhakti: devotees can approach the transcendent through accessible divine manifestations, trusting that form is a compassionate means for upliftment rather than a limitation.

The verse points to a Vyākaraṇa/Nyāya-style precision in meaning: distinctions are traced to vṛtti-bheda (modes of operation/usage), showing how interpretive frameworks generate different formulations (kalpanā) without denying the single underlying principle.

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