Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 51

Hayagrīva-pūjā-vyākhyāna

Worship Procedure and Mantra-Siddhi of Hayagrīva

Devanagari script

दुग्धं वचां ततो मंत्री कंठमात्रोदके स्थितः । स्पर्शाद्विमोक्षपर्यंतं प्रजपेन्मंत्रमादरात् ॥ ५१ ॥

Transliteration

dugdhaṃ vacāṃ tato maṃtrī kaṃṭhamātrodake sthitaḥ | sparśādvimokṣaparyaṃtaṃ prajapenmaṃtramādarāt || 51 ||

Translation

Entonces el practicante del mantra—de pie en el agua hasta el cuello—debe, con reverencia, recitar el mantra desde el momento del (ritual) contacto hasta la liberación final que cierra el rito.

Word by Word

• दुग्धम्: milk
• दुग्धम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: दुग्ध (कृदन्त; √दुह् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; past passive participle used substantively

• वचाम्: of the sweet-flag (vacā)
• वचाम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/षष्ठी)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वच् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी (6th/genitive), बहुवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; adverb (ततः = then/thereafter)

• मन्त्री: the mantra-practitioner
• मन्त्री: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्रिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/nominative), एकवचन

• कण्ठमात्रोदके: in water up to the throat
• कण्ठमात्रोदके: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कण्ठ + मात्र + उदक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (मात्र-तत्पुरुष/परिमाणवाचक) ‘कण्ठ-मात्र-उदक’ = water up to the throat

• स्थितः: standing/remaining
• स्थितः: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Verb
• Root: स्थित (कृदन्त; √स्था धातु)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; past participle used predicatively ‘being/remaining’

• स्पर्शात्: from touch
• स्पर्शात्: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्पर्श (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन

• विमोक्षपर्यन्तम्: up to liberation/release
• विमोक्षपर्यन्तम्: Desha/Avadhi (अवधि)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विमोक्ष + पर्यन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभावसमास; अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; ‘विमोक्ष-पर्यन्तम्’ = up to release

• प्रजपेत्: should recite
• प्रजपेत्: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √जप् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• मन्त्रम्: the mantra
• मन्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/accusative), एकवचन

• आदरात्: out of reverence
• आदरात्: Hetu (हेतु)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आदर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/ablative), एकवचन; हेतौ (cause)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within the Vedanga/ritual-technical discourse)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

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

It stresses disciplined continuity in mantra-japa—maintaining focused recitation through the entire ritual sequence, not as a casual act but as a sustained sacred observance.

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

Bhakti here is expressed as ādarā (reverent attentiveness): devotion is shown by careful, uninterrupted mantra practice performed with bodily restraint and ritual purity.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights ritual-technical procedure (prayoga): posture/setting (water up to the throat) and correct temporal framing of japa (from sparśa to vimokṣa), reflecting Vedanga-style precision in practice.