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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 33

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

Devanagari script

कृत्वा प्राणप्रतिष्टांतं भिंद्याच्छस्त्रैर्मनुं जपन् । मंत्रांते प्रोञ्चरेच्छत्रोर्नाम छिंधि च भिंधि च ॥ ३३ ॥

Transliteration

kṛtvā prāṇapratiṣṭāṃtaṃ bhiṃdyācchastrairmanuṃ japan | maṃtrāṃte proñcarecchatrornāma chiṃdhi ca bhiṃdhi ca || 33 ||

Translation

Having completed the rite concluding with the ‘installation of life’ (prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā), one should strike and split it with weapons while repeating the mantra. At the end of the mantra, one should utter the enemy’s name aloud, adding: “Cut!” and “Split!”

Word by Word
कृत्वाhaving done
कृत्वा:
पूर्वक्रिया (Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa/पूर्वकर्म)
TypeVerb
Rootकृ (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त अव्ययकृदन्त (Gerund/Absolutive), from √कृ; ‘having done’
प्राण-प्रतिष्ठा-अन्तम्the end of the prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā (consecration)
प्राण-प्रतिष्ठा-अन्तम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootप्राण (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रतिष्ठा (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (प्राणप्रतिष्ठायाः अन्तम् = end of the prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā rite/section)
भिन्द्यात्should pierce/split
भिन्द्यात्:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootभिद् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; √भिद् ‘to split/pierce’
शस्त्रैःwith weapons
शस्त्रैः:
करण (Karaṇa/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootशस्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (Instrumental), बहुवचन
मनुम्the Manu (mantra)
मनुम्:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; here: ‘mantra/Manu-formula’ as object of recitation
जपन्reciting
जपन्:
कर्ता (Karta/Agent)
TypeVerb
Rootजप् (धातु)
Formवर्तमान कृदन्त (Present active participle), परस्मैपद, प्रथमा एकवचन पुंलिङ्ग; √जप् ‘to mutter/recite’
मन्त्र-अन्तेat the end of the mantra
मन्त्र-अन्ते:
अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Location)
TypeNoun
Rootमन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मन्त्रस्य अन्ते)
प्रोञ्चरेत्should utter
प्रोञ्चरेत्:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootप्र + उञ्चर्/उच्चर् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष, एकवचन; ‘should utter/pronounce’ (pro- intensifier)
शत्रोःof the enemy
शत्रोः:
सम्बन्ध (Sambandha/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootशत्रु (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (Genitive), एकवचन
नामthe name
नाम:
कर्म (Karma/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootनामन् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (Accusative), एकवचन; ‘name’
छिन्धिcut!
छिन्धि:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootछिद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; √छिद् ‘cut’
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
भिन्धिpierce/split!
भिन्धि:
क्रिया (Action)
TypeVerb
Rootभिद् (धातु)
Formलोट् (Imperative), परस्मैपद, मध्यमपुरुष, एकवचन; √भिद् ‘split/pierce’
चand
च:
समुच्चय (Conjunction)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक अव्यय (conjunction)
Speaker

Narada (teaching ritual procedure, in dialogue context with Sanatkumara tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

FAQs

It emphasizes mantra-vidhi: the power of a rite depends on correct sequencing—especially the completion marker (prāṇa-pratiṣṭhā) and the precise mantrānta (ending utterance), showing how intention is ritually ‘sealed’ through sound and action.

Indirectly: it contrasts technical ritual efficacy with inner discipline. In the Narada Purana’s broader teaching, such procedures are subordinate to dharma and devotion; mantra and rite must align with ethical intent and higher religious orientation.

Mantra-prayoga precision—especially correct recitation (japa), the mantrānta cue, and clear pronunciation/utterance (proñcāra). This reflects Vedāṅga concerns with śikṣā (phonetics) and ritual application.

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