Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 122

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

षड्दीर्घस्वरयुक्तेन विद्यायाः स्यात्षडंगकम् । तेनैव पुटितैरर्णैर्न्यसेच्छ्रोत्रादिपञ्चसु ॥ १२२ ॥

Transliteration

ṣaḍdīrghasvarayuktena vidyāyāḥ syātṣaḍaṃgakam | tenaiva puṭitairarṇairnyasecchrotrādipañcasu || 122 ||

Translation

Wenn die Vidyā mit den sechs langen Vokalen verbunden wird, wird sie sechsgliedrig. Mit eben diesen Silben—umhüllt und gefestigt—soll man Nyāsa auf die fünf Sinneszentren legen, beginnend bei den Ohren.

Word by Word

• षट्-दीर्घ-स्वर-युक्तेन: with (letters) joined with six long vowels
• षट्-दीर्घ-स्वर-युक्तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: षट् (प्रातिपदिक) + दीर्घ (प्रातिपदिक) + स्वर (प्रातिपदिक) + युक्त (कृदन्त, √युज् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया (करण) एकवचन; विशेषणम्—‘युक्तेन’ (instrumental) qualifying implied ‘मन्त्रेण/वर्णेन’

• विद्यायाः: of the vidyā (mantra/knowledge)
• विद्यायाः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विद्या (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे षष्ठी (सम्बन्ध) एकवचन

• स्यात्: should be / would be
• स्यात्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative) प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• षट्-अङ्गकम्: a six-limbed (six-part) form
• षट्-अङ्गकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्गक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन; विधेय (predicate)

• तेन: by that / with that
• तेन: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे तृतीया एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• एव: indeed/only
• एव: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एव (अव्यय)
• Form: निपात (particle)

• पुटितैः: with enclosed/covered (ones)
• पुटितैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: पुटित (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √पुट्/पुट्—‘to cover/enclose’, past participle sense)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘अर्णैः’)

• अर्णैः: with syllables/letters
• अर्णैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचन

• न्यसेत्: should place/assign (nyāsa)
• न्यसेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √न्यस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative) प्रथमपुरुष एकवचन; परस्मैपदम्

• श्रोत्र-आदि-पञ्चसु: in the five (organs/places) beginning with the ear
• श्रोत्र-आदि-पञ्चसु: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: श्रोत्र (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक) + पञ्च (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे सप्तमी (अधिकरण) बहुवचन; ‘पञ्चसु’ = in the five (places) beginning with the ear

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, Vedanga/Mantra-technical context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It teaches that sound (svara/varṇa) is not merely linguistic but a sacred technology: by structuring the vidyā with prescribed vowels and then placing it through nyāsa on the sense-centres, the practitioner sanctifies perception and makes the body a fit vessel for mantra.

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

Though technical, it supports bhakti by disciplining the senses: nyāsa on the ear and other faculties redirects hearing, seeing, and speaking toward sacred recitation and remembrance, stabilizing devotion through regulated mantra-practice.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Śikṣā (phonetics) and mantra-vidhi are highlighted—specifically the use of long vowels (dīrgha-svara), syllabic arrangement (arṇa/varṇa), and nyāsa as a ritual application of sound-science.