Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 135

The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī

Devanagari script

ध्यात्वैवं प्रजपेल्लक्षाष्टकं मन्त्री दशांशतः । साज्येन पायसान्नेन जुहुयात्प्राग्वदर्चनम् ॥ १३५ ॥

Transliteration

dhyātvaivaṃ prajapellakṣāṣṭakaṃ mantrī daśāṃśataḥ | sājyena pāyasānnena juhuyātprāgvadarcanam || 135 ||

Translation

فإذا تأمّل هكذا، فعلى سالكُ المانترا أن يكرّرها مئةً وثمانيةَ آلاف مرة؛ ثمّ، وبمقدار عُشر ذلك العدد، يقدّم قرابين في النار بالسمن المصفّى (غي) وبالأرزّ الحلوّ باللبن (باياسا)، مُجريًا العبادة على النحو المبيَّن سابقًا.

Word by Word

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated
• ध्यात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having meditated’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• प्रजपेत्: should recite (mutter)
• प्रजपेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• लक्षाष्टकम्: (a count of) 108,000 (recitations)
• लक्षाष्टकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष + अष्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन; द्विगुसमास (numerical compound) = ‘one hundred thousand + eight (i.e., 108,000)’

• मन्त्री: the mantra-practitioner
• मन्त्री: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (nominative/1st), एकवचन

• दशांशतः: as a tenth (portion)
• दशांशतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दशांश (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित/अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘by/according to a tenth part’

• साज्येन: with ghee
• साज्येन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; ‘with ghee’

• पायसान्नेन: with payasa-rice (sweet rice)
• पायसान्नेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pāyasa-anna = ‘rice/food of payasa’)

• जुहुयात्: should offer (into fire)
• जुहुयात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• प्राक्: as before / previously
• प्राक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/क्रमवाचक (prior/before)

• वत्: like
• वत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वत् (अव्यय/तद्धितार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय, तुल्यतावाचक (like/as)

• अर्चनम्: worship
• अर्चनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन; here as object/associated act ‘worship’

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

It teaches a complete sādhana sequence—dhyāna (meditation), large-count japa (108,000), and daśāṃśa-homa (one-tenth oblations)—showing that inner focus and outer ritual together mature mantra-siddhi.

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

By prescribing meditation and worship (arcanā) alongside mantra repetition, it frames mantra-practice as an act of sustained reverence—devotion expressed through disciplined remembrance and offering.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual prayoga is emphasized: fixed japa-saṅkhyā (108,000) and the daśāṃśa rule for homa using specified havis (ghee and pāyasa), performed according to the earlier stated procedure.