Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 126

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

दक्षिणैरंकुशं खड्गं कट्टारं कमलं तथा । दधानां साधकाभीष्टदानोद्यमसमन्विताम् ॥ १२६ ॥

Transliteration

dakṣiṇairaṃkuśaṃ khaḍgaṃ kaṭṭāraṃ kamalaṃ tathā | dadhānāṃ sādhakābhīṣṭadānodyamasamanvitām || 126 ||

Translation

In den rechten Händen hielt sie einen Treibhaken (aṅkuśa), ein Schwert, einen Dolch und auch einen Lotus—begabt mit der wirksamen Kraft, dem Sādhaka alles Gewünschte zu gewähren.

Word by Word

• दक्षिणैः: with the right (hands)
• दक्षिणैः: Karana (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दक्षिण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे तृतीया बहुवचन; विशेषणम् (qualifying ‘बाहुभिः/करैः’ implied)

• अङ्कुशम्: goad
• अङ्कुशम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अङ्कुश (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्म

• खड्गम्: sword
• खड्गम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: खड्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्म

• कट्टारम्: dagger/knife
• कट्टारम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कट्टार (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्म

• कमलम्: lotus
• कमलम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कमल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन; कर्म

• तथा: also/and likewise
• तथा: Avyaya (अव्यय)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय—प्रकारवाचक (adverb: ‘thus/also’)

• दधानाम्: holding (them)
• दधानाम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √धा (धातु)
• Form: वर्तमानकाले परस्मैपदे शानच् (present active participle) स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन; ‘bearing/holding’

• साधक-अभीष्ट-दान-उद्यम-समन्विताम्: endowed with readiness to grant practitioners their desired boons
• साधक-अभीष्ट-दान-उद्यम-समन्विताम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: साधक (प्रातिपदिक) + अभीष्ट (कृदन्त/प्रातिपदिक; √इष्) + दान (प्रातिपदिक) + उद्यम (प्रातिपदिक) + समन्वित (कृदन्त; सम्+√नी, past participle sense ‘endowed’)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्गे द्वितीया एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः—‘endowed with the effort to grant the desired (boons) to practitioners’; विशेषणम्

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in dialogue context with Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

FAQs

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

It presents the deity as both protective and beneficent: the weapons signify removal of obstacles and cutting of ignorance, while the lotus signifies purity and auspicious realization; together they indicate a form empowered to bestow siddhi/boons to the sādhaka.

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

By depicting the deity as responsive to sincere practice, it supports bhakti expressed through disciplined worship and mantra-sādhana—approaching the divine with reverence and steadiness to receive grace and fulfillment.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse is primarily ritual-iconographic (pratimā/ dhyāna-lakṣaṇa) rather than a direct Vedāṅga lesson; practically, it guides visualization and worship procedure used in mantra practice within Narada Purana rituals.