Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 170

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Devanagari script

स्वर्वधूगीतमाधुर्याभिराम चिंतयेद्वनम् । तदंतर्मणिसम्पत्तिस्फुरत्तोरणमण्डपे ॥ १७० ॥

Transliteration

svarvadhūgītamādhuryābhirāma ciṃtayedvanam | tadaṃtarmaṇisampattisphurattoraṇamaṇḍape || 170 ||

Translation

Qu’on médite une forêt rendue exquise par la douceur des chants des jeunes filles célestes ; et, en son sein, un pavillon dont les portails et les dais scintillent de la splendeur des richesses de joyaux.

Word by Word

• स्वः-वधू-गीत-माधुर्य-अभिरामम्: delightful with the sweetness of songs of celestial maidens
• स्वः-वधू-गीत-माधुर्य-अभिरामम्: Karma (कर्म/Object-qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्वः (प्रातिपदिक) + वधू (प्रातिपदिक) + गीत (कृदन्त, √गै) + माधुर्य (प्रातिपदिक) + अभिराम (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः: ‘स्वर्वधूनां गीतस्य माधुर्येण अभिरामम्’ = delightful due to the sweetness of songs of heavenly maidens

• चिन्तयेत्: should contemplate
• चिन्तयेत्: Kriya (क्रिया/Main verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: चिन्त् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular); परस्मैपदम्

• वनम्: the forest/grove
• वनम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया (Accusative, 2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तत्-अन्तः: within that (inside it)
• तत्-अन्तः: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location-adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + अन्तः (अव्यय/प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समासः (Avyayibhava): ‘तस्य अन्तः’ = ‘inside it’; अव्यय-प्रयोग (indeclinable adverbial)

• मणि-सम्पत्ति-स्फुरत्-तोरण-मण्डपे: in the pavilion with shining gem-wealth and archways
• मणि-सम्पत्ति-स्फुरत्-तोरण-मण्डपे: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक) + सम्पत्ति (प्रातिपदिक) + स्फुरत् (कृदन्त, √स्फुर्) + तोरण (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डप (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी (Locative, 7th), एकवचन (Singular); तत्पुरुषः: ‘मणिसम्पत्त्या स्फुरत् तोरणं यस्य सः मण्डपः’ = pavilion with glittering gem-wealth and shining archways

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in an instructional sequence)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

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

It teaches dhyāna through vivid sacred imagery—training the mind to become steady by contemplating a pure, radiant inner space (a jeweled maṇḍapa) filled with auspicious sound and beauty.

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

By directing the practitioner to lovingly hold an auspicious divine atmosphere in the heart, it supports bhakti as sustained remembrance (smaraṇa) and reverent inner worship through contemplation.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It aligns with ritual-technical tradition by emphasizing the maṇḍapa and toraṇa—terms central to yajña/pujā space design and the disciplined use of visualization as an auxiliary method supporting mantra and rite.