Shloka 65

Kāṣṭhīla-Upākhyāna: Rākṣasī, Spear-Śakti, and Kāśī as Śakti-kṣetra

Devanagari script

दैवाधीनं जगत्सर्वं सदेवासुरमानुषम् । दैवं तत्पूर्वजन्मानि संचिताः कर्मवासनाः ॥ ६५ ॥

Transliteration

daivādhīnaṃ jagatsarvaṃ sadevāsuramānuṣam | daivaṃ tatpūrvajanmāni saṃcitāḥ karmavāsanāḥ || 65 ||

Translation

整个世界——连同诸天、阿修罗与人类——皆依天命而转；而所谓“天命”，无非是前生前世所积聚的业行习气、诸业之印痕。

Word by Word

• दैव-अधीनम्: dependent on destiny
• दैव-अधीनम्: Vidheyavisheshana (विधेयविशेषण/Predicative adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक) + अधीन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘dependent on fate’

• जगत्: the world
• जगत्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जगत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• सर्वम्: entire
• सर्वम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘all/entire’ (qualifying जगत्)

• स-देव-असुर-मानुषम्: including gods, demons, and humans
• स-देव-असुर-मानुषम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स (अव्यय/उपसर्गसदृश) + देव (प्रातिपदिक) + असुर (प्रातिपदिक) + मानुष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: उपपद-तत्पुरुष (सह/सहितार्थे ‘स’); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘together with gods, demons, and humans’

• दैवम्: destiny
• दैवम्: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दैव (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• तत्: that
• तत्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘that’ (referring to destiny)

• पूर्व-जन्मानि: previous births
• पूर्व-जन्मानि: Karma (कर्म/Object; appositional content)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पूर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + जन्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), बहुवचन; ‘former births’

• संचिताः: accumulated
• संचिताः: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम् + चि (धातु) + क्त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (क्त), स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘accumulated’ (qualifying वासनाः)

• कर्म-वासनाः: karmic impressions
• कर्म-वासनाः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कर्म (प्रातिपदिक) + वासना (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: तत्पुरुष-समास; स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), बहुवचन; ‘impressions/tendencies of actions’

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

FAQs

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

It reframes “fate” (daiva) as a moral law: what appears as destiny is the stored momentum of one’s own past actions and tendencies across births, urging responsibility and conscious dharmic living.

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

By identifying destiny as karmic accumulation, it implies that bhakti and surrender to the Lord can purify karma-vāsanās; devotion becomes a transformative force that loosens the grip of past impressions and redirects life toward liberation.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse aligns with dharma-based causality used in Jyotiṣa (Vedic astrology): ‘daiva’ is often read as prārabdha-karma (ripened karma). The practical takeaway is to use prescribed dharma, vrata, and worship as remedial disciplines rather than fatalism.