Shloka 7

Mohinī-Ākhyāna: Rukmāṅgada’s Refusal to Eat on Harivāsara

Ekādaśī

Devanagari script

असत्यं वापि कृत्वाहं त्यक्तराज्यनयः क्षितौ । धिक्कृतोऽपि जनैः सर्वैर्न भोक्ष्ये हरिवासरे ॥ ७ ॥

Transliteration

asatyaṃ vāpi kṛtvāhaṃ tyaktarājyanayaḥ kṣitau | dhikkṛto'pi janaiḥ sarvairna bhokṣye harivāsare || 7 ||

Translation

纵使我说了虚妄之言，纵使被摔落尘土、失却王道与权势，纵使为众人所唾弃——我也决不在诃利圣日（Harivāsara）进食。

Word by Word

• असत्यम्: falsehood
• असत्यम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: असत्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन

• वा: or
• वा: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; विकल्पार्थक (disjunctive particle)

• अपि: even/also
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय/अपेक्षा (also/even)

• कृत्वा: having done
• कृत्वा: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund), ‘having done’

• अहम्: I
• अहम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अहम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उत्तमपुरुष-सर्वनाम; एकवचन, प्रथमा (1st/nominative)

• त्यक्त-राज्य-नयः: one who has abandoned royal policy
• त्यक्त-राज्य-नयः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्यक्त (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; त्यज् धातु) + राज्य (प्रातिपदिक) + नय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः: ‘त्यक्तः राज्यनयः येन/यस्य’ (contextually ‘having abandoned the policy of kingship’)

• क्षितौ: on the earth
• क्षितौ: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: क्षिति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन

• धिक्कृतः: reviled
• धिक्कृतः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: धिक्कृत (कृदन्त-प्रातिपदिक; कृ धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle): ‘reviled/condemned’

• अपि: even if/though
• अपि: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: अपि (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; ‘even though’ (concessive)

• जनैः: by people
• जनैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/instrumental), बहुवचन

• सर्वैः: by all
• सर्वैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd), बहुवचन; जनैः इति विशेषण

• न: not
• न: Pratishedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध (negation particle)

• भोक्ष्ये: I will eat
• भोक्ष्ये: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: भुज् (धातु)
• Form: लृट् (simple future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• हरि-वासरे: on Hari’s day (Ekādaśī)
• हरि-वासरे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हरि (प्रातिपदिक) + वासर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः: ‘हरेः वासरे’

Speaker

Narada (teaching the Harivāsara/Ekādaśī vow in Uttara-Bhaga context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: Harivāsara (Ekādaśī)

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Hari
• Vishnu

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in Narada Purana?

It presents unwavering resolve in a Viṣṇu-centered vow: even social blame, loss of status, or hardship should not break Harivāsara (Ekādaśī) discipline, because devotion (bhakti) is proved by steadiness.

How does this verse explain the path of devotion (Bhakti)?

Bhakti here is expressed as firm niyama (sacred restraint): honoring Hari’s day by not eating becomes a concrete act of surrender that places divine commitment above public opinion and worldly advantage.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It implies ritual time-discipline (kāla-niyama) central to vrata practice—observing specific tithis such as Ekādaśī (Harivāsara) and maintaining the prescribed fasting rule (upavāsa/abhojana).