Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

प्राणो रसा चरयुतो गोत्रव्यसिमतः परम् । गोत्रादाहमरुद्युक्ता त्वंबुन्यासमतो भवेत् ॥ ६४ ॥

Transliteration

prāṇo rasā carayuto gotravyasimataḥ param | gotrādāhamarudyuktā tvaṃbunyāsamato bhavet || 64 ||

Translation

إن «البرانا» مع «الرَسَ» وتيارات الحياة المتحركة يُعلَنُ أنه الأسمى، متجاوزًا حدود «الغوترَ» (السلالة). ومن معنى السلالة تنشأ فكرة «أنا» مقترنةً بالرياح (vāyu)؛ وبهذا يتمّ «نياسا» وضع «أنت» في المياه (tvaṃ-bhu-nyāsa).

Word by Word

• prāṇaḥ: prāṇa
• prāṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• rasā: rasā
• rasā: Sahakari (सहकारी/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (पाठानुसार ‘rasā’)

• cara-yutaḥ: joined with cara
• cara-yutaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + yuta (कृदन्त, √yuj/युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (cara-yuta)

• gotra-vyasi-mataḥ: from/after the gotra-vyasi-mata (reading uncertain)
• gotra-vyasi-mataḥ: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक) + vyasi (प्रातिपदिक/अस्पष्ट) + mata (कृदन्त, √man/मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th, ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; ‘vyasi’ पदं पाठदोष/दुर्लभम् (अर्थानिश्चित)

• param: afterwards/next
• param: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत (adverbial) ‘after/next’

• gotrāt: from gotra
• gotrāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• dāha-maruṭ-yuktā: joined with dāha and marut
• dāha-maruṭ-yuktā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāha (प्रातिपदिक) + marut (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त, √yuj/युज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (dāha+marut) + yukta ‘joined with’

• tvam-bu-nyāsa-mataḥ: considered as the placement (nyāsa) of tvam-bu (reading uncertain)
• tvam-bu-nyāsa-mataḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ambu (प्रातिपदिक) + nyāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + mata (कृदन्त, √man/मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; ‘tvam-bu’ पाठानुसार (अर्थानिश्चित)

• bhavet: should become
• bhavet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narada (in a technical Vedāṅga-style exposition, likely relaying an instructed schema of nyāsa/prāṇa)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Narada

FAQs

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

It frames prāṇa (vital life-force) as a principle that transcends social identity (gotra), while showing how ego-identification (ahaṃ) arises with vāyu-currents and is then ritually re-ordered through nyāsa into elemental supports such as water.

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

Indirectly: by emphasizing inner purification—moving from lineage/ego identity to prāṇa-centered discipline—this supports devotional practice where the body-mind is prepared through nyāsa and regulated prāṇa for steadier remembrance and worship.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

A technical ritual-phonetic/mantric framework (Vedāṅga-style) involving prāṇa and vāyu theory and the procedure of nyāsa (mantra installation) mapped to elemental bases like water (ambu).