Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 172

Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

शीघ्रं कारागृहान्मुक्तः सुखी भवति निश्चितम् । यंत्रं चास्य प्रवक्ष्यामि बन्धमोक्षकरं शुभम् ॥ १७२ ॥

Transliteration

śīghraṃ kārāgṛhānmuktaḥ sukhī bhavati niścitam | yaṃtraṃ cāsya pravakṣyāmi bandhamokṣakaraṃ śubham || 172 ||

Translation

Schnell wird er aus dem Gefängnishaus befreit, und gewiss wird er glücklich. Und nun werde ich sein glückverheißendes Yantra darlegen, das die Lösung aus der Bindung bewirkt.

Word by Word

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कारा-गृहात्: from the prison
• कारा-गृहात्: Apadana (अपादान/Ablative-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारा (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कारायाः गृहं)

• मुक्तः: freed, released
• मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (अन्तर्निहितः नरः)

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• निश्चितम्: certainly
• निश्चितम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निश्चित (प्रातिपदिक; √चि + नि + क्त)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (certainly)

• यन्त्रम्: a yantra (mystic diagram)
• यन्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• अस्य: of this/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + प्र
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बन्ध-मोक्ष-करम्: causing bondage and liberation / effecting release from bondage
• बन्ध-मोक्ष-करम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (बन्धमोक्षयोः करम् = producing bondage and liberation / effecting release from bondage)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (यन्त्रम्)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical/ritual instruction sequence)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

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

It frames liberation (mokṣa) in a practical register: bondage is not only metaphysical but can be experienced as captivity and constraint, and an auspicious, dharmic remedy (yantra) is taught as a means toward release and well-being.

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

While the verse is technical, it aligns with bhakti-oriented Purāṇic practice by presenting a sacred aid (yantra) as a supportive upāya—meant to be used with faith, purity, and reliance on divine order—so that suffering and restraint are removed and one can return to a righteous, God-centered life.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It points to applied ritual-technical knowledge—yantra-prayoga (use of sacred diagrams/inscriptions) within the broader Vedāṅga-style concern for correct procedure, auspiciousness (śubha), and results-oriented dharmic remedies.