nArdBEs
/m^

edited by Toke Lindegaard Knudsen

Last revised: March 31, 2001
The editions used as the basis of the following text are:
C Swami Chinmayananda: Narada Bhakti Sutra. Bombay, India: Central
Chinmaya Mission Trust, 1990 reprint.
G Tridandi Bhakti Prajnan Yati: Sri Hari Bhakti Sudhodaya & Sri Narada
Bhakti Sutras. Madras, India: Sri Gaudiya Math, 1989.
H Electronic edition by Sundar Hattangadi available at
http://sanskrit.bhaarat.com/The Document Project/
doc z misc major works/doc z misc major works.html
The edition used was last updated on February 9, 1998.
I A. C. Bhaktivedanta Prabhupada and his disciples: N
arada-Bhakti-S
utra.
Bombay, India: The Bhaktivedanta Book Trust, not dated (but the remark
Correct as of July 1992 is made in connection with a listing of ISKCON
centres in India).1
S Graham M. Schweig: The Bhakti S
utras of Narada. Journal of Vais.n.ava
Studies, vol. 6, no. 1 (winter 1998), pp. 141151.

The translation of the s

utras in this edition can be found at:
http://www.vnn.org/world/WD0103/WD08-6647.html

1 aTAto BE\ &yAHyA-yAm, ; 1;

2 sA (vE-mn^ prm
m!pA1 ; 2;
3 amt-v!pA c ; 3;
4 yN@vA pmAn^ Eso Bv(ymto BvEt to BvEt ; 4;
5 y(A=y n EkEACEt n focEt n 
E n rmt no(sAhF BvEt
6 y>A(vA mo BvEt -tNDo Bv(yA(mArAmo BvEt ; 6;
7 sA n kAmymAnA EnroD!p(vAt^ ; 7;
8 EnroD-t lokv
d&yApAryAs, ; 8;
9 tE-mnytA tEroEDq
dAsFntA c ; 9;
10 ayAyAZA\ (yAgo_nytA ; 10;
11 lokv
dq2 tdnk
lAcrZ\ tEroEDq
dAsFntA ; 11;
12 Bvt EnydAA d
@v fA-/r"Zm^ ; 12;
13 ayTA pAEt(yfyA3 ; 13;
14 loko_Ep4 tAvd
v BojnAEd&yApAr-(vAfrFrDArZAvED ; 14;
15 t"ZAEn vAQyt
 nAnAmtBdAt^ ; 15;
16 p
jAEd vnrAg iEt pArAfy , ; 16;
17 kTAEdE vEt gg , ; 17;
18 aA(mr(yEvroD
n
Et fAEXSy, ; 18;
19 nArd-t tdEp tAEKlAcArtA5 tE-mrZ
 prm&yAkltEt ; 19;
20 a-(y
vm
vm^ ; 20;
21 yTA v
}jgoEpkAnAm^ ; 21;
22 t/AEp n mAhA(MyAnEv-m(ypvAd, ; 22;
23 tEhFn\ jArAZAEmv ; 23;
24 nA-(y
v tE-m\-t(sKsEK(vm^6 ; 24;
25 sA t km Anyog
<yo_=yEDktrA ; 25;
26 Pl!p(vAt^ ; 26;
27 Ir-yA=yEBmAn
Eq(vA
{yEy(vA7 ; 27;
28 t-yA Anm
v sADnEm(yk ; 28;
29 ayoyAy(vEm(yy
8 ; 29;
30 -vy\ Pl!pt
Et9 b}kmAr,10 ; 30;
31 rAjghBojnAEdq tT
{v d(vAt^ ; 31;
11
32 n t
n rAjpErtoq, "QCAEtvA ; 32;
H: pr
m!pA
G: lok
 vdq
3
C and G: pAEt(yA\fAyA
4
I: lok
_Ep
5
G: aAcAErtA
6
S: tE-m\-t(sEK(vm^
7
I and S: aEBmAEn
8
I and S: i(y
k

9
I: Pl!p
Et
10
C and G: b
}kmArA,
11
H: rAjA pErtoq,
1
2

; 5;

t-mAt^ s{v g}AA mm"EB, ; 33;

t-yA, sADnAEn gAy(yAcAyA , ; 34;
t Evqy(yAgAt^ s(yAgA ; 35;
a&yAvBjnAt^12 ; 36;
lok_Ep BgvZvZkFt nAt^ ; 37;
mHyt-t mh(kpy{v Bgv(kpAlfAA ; 38;
mh(s-t dl Bo_gMyo_moG ; 39;
l<yt_Ep t(kpy{v ; 40;
tE-m\-t>jn BdABAvAt^ ; 41;
tdv sA@ytA\ tdv sA@ytAm^ ; 42;
d,s, sv T{v (yA>y, ; 43;
kAmoDmoh-mEtB}\fbEnAfsv nAfkArZ(vAt^13 ; 44;
trAEytA14 apFm sAt^ smdAyt15 ; 45;
k-trEt k-trEt mAyA\ y, s\ (yjEt yo mhAnBAv\ svt
 Enm mo
BvEt ; 46;
47 yo EvEv-TAn\ s
vt
 yo lokbDmm
lyEt En-/{gyo BvEt
yo yog"m\ (yjEt ; 47;
48 y, km Pl\ (yjEt16 kmA EZ sy-yEt tto En o BvEt ; 48;
49 yo v
dAnEp sy-yEt kvlmEvEQCAnrAg\ lBt ; 49;
50 s trEt s trEt lokA\-tAryEt ; 50;
51 aEnv cnFy\
m-v!pm^ ; 51;
52 m
kA-vAdnvt^ ; 52;
53 kA[yt
17 AEp pA/ ; 53;
54 gZrEht\ kAmnArEht\ Et"ZvD mAnmEvEQC\ s
#mtrmnBv!pm^ ; 54;
55 t(A=y td
vAvlokyEt tdv fnoEt tdv BAqyEt18 tdv EctyEt ; 55;
56 gOZF E/DA gZB
dAdAtA EdB
dAA ; 56;
19
57 ur-mAdr-mA(p
v p
vA
yAy BvEt ; 57;
58 ay-mAt^ sOl<y\ BO ; 58;
59 mAZAtr-yAnp
"(vAt^ -vy\ mAZ(vAt^ ; 59;
60 fAEt!pA(prmAnd!pA ; 60;
61 lokhAnO EctA n kAyA Env
EdtA(mlokv
d(vAt^20 ; 61 ;
21
62 n tE(sO lok&yvhAro 
hy, Ekt Pl(yAg-t(sADn\ c kAy mv22 ; 62;
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34
35
36
37
38
39
40
41
42
43
44
45
46

C: a&yAvt
H: kAmoDmoh-mEtB
}\fbEnAfkArZ(vAt^
14
I: trEtA
15
C, G, I and S: smdAyEt
16
I omits (yjEt
17
C and H: kAft

18
I and S omits td
v BAqyEt
19
I: p
v pvo
20
C and G: Env
EdtA(mlokvdfFl(vAt^
21
I: &yAvhAro
22
H omits kAy m
v

12
13

-/FDnnAE-tkcEr/\23 n vZFym^ ; 63;

aEBmAndMBAEdk\ (yA>ym^ ; 64;
tdEp tAEKlAcAr, sn^ kAmoDAEBmAnAEdk\ tE-mv krZFym^24 ; 65;
E/!pBp
v k\ En(ydA-yEn(ykAtABjnA(mk\25 m kAy m
{v kAy m^ ; 66;
BA ekAEtno mHyA, ; 67;
kWAvroDromAAEB,26 pr-pr\ lpmAnA, pAvyEt klAEn pETvF\ c ; 68;
tFTF kv Et tFTA En skmF kv Et kmA EZ sQCA-/F kv Et fA-/AEZ ; 69;
tmyA, ; 70;
modt Eptro27 n(yEt dvtA, snATA cy\ B
B vEt ; 71;
nAE-t tq jAEtEvA!pklDnEyAEdBd, ; 72;
yt-tdFyA, ; 73;
vAdo nAvlMNy, ; 74;
bAhSyAvkAf(vAdEnyt(vA ; 75;
BEfA-/AEZ mnnFyAEn28 tdoDkmA EZ29 krZFyAEn ; 76;
sKd,KQCAlABAEd(y kAl30 tF#ymAZ31 "ZAD mEp &yT n nym^ ; 77;
aEh\sAs(yfOcdyAE-tAEdcAEryAEZ pErpAlnFyAEn ; 78;
sv dA sv BAvn EnEt{B gvAnv32 BjnFy, ; 79;
s kF(y mAn, fFG}mvAEvB v(ynBAvyEt BAn^ ; 80;
E/s(y-y BErv grFysF BErv grFysF ; 81;
gZmAhA(MyAsE!pAsEp
jAsE-mrZAsEdA-yAsEsHyAsE vA(sSyAsEkAtAs^aA(mEnvdnAsEtmyAsEprmEvrhAsE !p{kDA=y
kAdfDA33 BvEt ; 82;
34
83 i(y
v\ vdEt jnjSpEnB yA ekmtA, kmAr&yAsfkfAEXSygg Ev Z kOEXSyfqovAzEZbElhnmd^EvBFqZAdyo BAcAyA , ; 83;
84 y id\ nArdo\ EfvAnfAsn\ EvEsEt t
 s BEmAn^ BvEt s \ lBt
35
s \ lBt iEt ; 84;

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64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
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75
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79
80
81
82

C and G: -/FDnnAE-tkv
{ErcEr/\
C: krZF
25
C and G: En(ydAs
26
I and S: romAEB,
27
C: EptrO
28
G and S: mnnnFyAEn
29
I and S: toDkmA EZ G: tD kkmA EZ
30
H omits kAl

31
I and S: tF"mAZ

32
C and G: EnEEtt
{r^
33
C and H reads tmytAsE instead of tmyAsE
34
S: i(y
v
35
H omits iEt
23
24