Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 94

Mantraśodhana, Dīkṣā-krama, Guru-Pādukā, Ajapā-Haṃsa, and Ṣaṭcakra-Kuṇḍalinī Sādhana

Devanagari script

षट्शताधिकसंख्या स्यादजपाया विभागशः । संकल्पेन मोक्षदाता विष्णुर्मे प्रीयतामिति ॥ ९४ ॥

Transliteration

ṣaṭśatādhikasaṃkhyā syādajapāyā vibhāgaśaḥ | saṃkalpena mokṣadātā viṣṇurme prīyatāmiti || 94 ||

Translation

الأجَپا (Ajapā: الجَپا الطبيعي غير المنطوق) يُقال إن عددها، بحسب أقسامها، يزيد قليلًا على ستمائة. وبعزمٍ (سَنْكَلْپا): «ليَرضَ عنّي فيشنو، واهبُ الموكشا»، تُمارَس.

Word by Word

• षट्-शत-अधिक-संख्या: the number exceeding six hundred
• षट्-शत-अधिक-संख्या: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (प्रातिपदिक) + शत (प्रातिपदिक) + अधिक (प्रातिपदिक) + संख्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; ‘षट्शतेन अधिका’ इति तृतीया/पञ्चमी-तत्पुरुषभावः; कर्तृपद (subject)

• स्यात्: would be/should be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; ‘would be/should be’

• अजपायाः: of ajapā (spontaneous japa)
• अजपायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अजपा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th), एकवचन; सम्बन्ध (genitive)

• विभागशः: according to division
• विभागशः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विभागशस् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रियाविशेषण; ‘विभागेन/विभागतः’ (according to division)

• संकल्पेन: by (a) resolve
• संकल्पेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: संकल्प (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/तृतीया), एकवचन; करण (instrumental: by/with resolve)

• मोक्षदाता: the giver of liberation
• मोक्षदाता: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + दाता (कृदन्त, तृच्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; ‘मोक्षस्य दाता’ इति षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष; कर्तृपद

• विष्णुः: Viṣṇu
• विष्णुः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष्णु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; कर्ता (subject)

• मे: my
• मे: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अस्मद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: षष्ठी (6th) एकवचन (enclitic); सम्बन्ध (genitive: my)

• प्रीयताम्: may (he) be pleased
• प्रीयताम्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्री (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (imperative/benedictive usage), आत्मनेपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; आज्ञार्थ/आशीर्लिङ्गवत् प्रयोग (may he be pleased)

• इति: thus
• इति: Sambandha/Quotative (उद्धरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थक-अव्यय (quotative particle)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It links disciplined inner japa (Ajapā) with a clear devotional resolve (saṃkalpa), declaring Viṣṇu as the direct giver of mokṣa and making the practice explicitly liberation-oriented.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as intentional surrender: the practitioner dedicates the inner repetition to pleasing Viṣṇu (“viṣṇur me prīyatām”), turning a yogic technique into a personal act of devotion.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights practical japa-śāstra discipline—counting/measurement (saṃkhyā) and structured division (vibhāga) of practice—showing a technical, method-based approach consistent with the Third Pada’s instructional tone.