Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 96

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

Devanagari script

सर्वदुष्टदुर्जनांते मुखानि कीलयद्वयम् । धेत्रयं वर्मत्रितयं फट्त्रयं हांत्रयं ततः ॥ ९६ ॥

Transliteration

sarvaduṣṭadurjanāṃte mukhāni kīlayadvayam | dhetrayaṃ varmatritayaṃ phaṭtrayaṃ hāṃtrayaṃ tataḥ || 96 ||

Translation

Zum Schluss, um alle Bösen und Niederträchtigen zu bezwingen, „vernagle“ ihre Münder mit dem zweifachen kīlaka; dann wende das dreifache „dhe“, das dreifache schützende „varma“, das dreifache „phaṭ“ und danach das dreifache „hāṃ“ an.

Word by Word

• सर्वदुष्टदुर्जनान्ते: at the end/limit of all wicked people
• सर्वदुष्टदुर्जनान्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + दुष्ट + दुर्जन + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• मुखानि: mouths / faces
• मुखानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• कीलयद्वयम्: the double ‘kīlaya’ (twofold ‘nail/pin’)
• कीलयद्वयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीलय (causative stem of कील्/कीलय् धातु ‘to pin/fasten’) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘two (utterances) of kīlaya/pin’

• धेत्रयम्: the triple ‘dhe’
• धेत्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धे (अव्यय/बीजाक्षर-प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; mantra-syllable group

• वर्मत्रितयम्: the threefold ‘varma’
• वर्मत्रितयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्म + त्रितय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• फट्त्रयम्: the triple ‘phaṭ’
• फट्त्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फट् (अव्यय/निपात-बीज) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; mantra-exclamation

• हांत्रयम्: the triple ‘hāṃ’
• हांत्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हां (अव्यय/बीजाक्षर-प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अनन्तरबोधक (adverb)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical mantra-usage)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It presents a protective, restraining (stambhana/kīlaka-type) mantric procedure—framed as a disciplined, technical application—meant to neutralize harmful speech and hostile intent through specific syllabic formulas.

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

Indirectly: it treats mantric protection as a supporting discipline so a practitioner can maintain steadiness in dharma and worship without disturbance from hostile forces; it is auxiliary to devotional life rather than its core teaching.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse reflects technical mantra-prayoga (applied ritual speech): repetition-counts (dvaya/traya), use of kīlaka (locking/anchoring a mantra), and protective ‘varma’ formulas—features associated with disciplined recitation and ritual procedure.