Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 146

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Devanagari script

तारः कामो रमा बीजं हृदंते पुरुषोत्तमः । श्रीकंठः प्रतिरूपांते लक्ष्मीति च निवासि च ॥ १४६ ॥

Transliteration

tāraḥ kāmo ramā bījaṃ hṛdaṃte puruṣottamaḥ | śrīkaṃṭhaḥ pratirūpāṃte lakṣmīti ca nivāsi ca || 146 ||

Translation

«تارا» (Tāra) و«كاما» (Kāma)؛ و«راما» (Ramā) هي مقطع البِيجا (bīja). وفي القلب يكون بوروشوتّما (Puruṣottama). وفي الختام «شريكانثا» (Śrīkaṇṭha)؛ وفي نهاية البراتيروبا (pratirūpa) تأتي كلمة «لاكشمي» (Lakṣmī)؛ وهو أيضًا «نِفاسي» (Nivāsī)، الساكن في الداخل.

Word by Word

• तारः: Tāra (syllable/name)
• तारः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular (mantra-syllable/name)

• कामः: Kāma
• कामः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: काम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular

• रमा: Ramā
• रमा: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रमा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular

• बीजम्: seed-syllable (bīja)
• बीजम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1/2), एकवचन; nominative/accusative singular

• हृदन्ते: at the end of ‘hṛd’
• हृदन्ते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हृद् (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular; ‘at/in the end of hṛd’ (mantric placement)

• पुरुषोत्तमः: Puruṣottama
• पुरुषोत्तमः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पुरुष (प्रातिपदिक) + उत्तम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular

• श्रीकण्ठः: Śrīkaṇṭha
• श्रीकण्ठः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्री (प्रातिपदिक) + कण्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular

• प्रतिरूप-अन्ते: at the end of ‘pratirūpa’
• प्रतिरूप-अन्ते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रतिरूप (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7), एकवचन; locative singular; ‘at the end of pratirūpa’

• लक्ष्मी: Lakṣmī
• लक्ष्मी: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष्मी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular

• इति: thus (called)
• इति: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: इति (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; उद्धरण/समाप्तिबोधक (quotative/marker)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

• निवासि: Nivāsi (the dweller)
• निवासि: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निवासिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1), एकवचन; nominative singular (name/epithet)

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)

Speaker

Narada (teaching within a Vedanga/mantra-vidya style section; dialogue tradition associated with Sanatkumara lineage)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Vishnu
• Purushottama
• Lakshmi
• Rama
• Shrikantha

FAQs

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

The verse encodes a name-and-seed (bīja) based upāsanā: placing Puruṣottama in the “heart” and appending specific divine names (Śrīkaṇṭha, Lakṣmī, Nivāsī) as a structured method of remembrance and mantra-formation for Viṣṇu-centered devotion.

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

Bhakti here is practiced as nāma-smaraṇa and mantra-upāsanā: the devotee mentally installs the Lord in the heart (hṛdaya) and reverently invokes His auspicious epithets along with Lakṣmī/Ramā—highlighting loving remembrance joined to Śrī (divine grace).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects a technical, Vedanga-adjacent mantra procedure—using bīja (seed syllable), positional placement (heart/nyāsa-like instruction), and ordered name arrangement (pratirūpa-ante), which aligns with disciplined recitation and phonetic/structural precision valued in Vedic ritual sciences.