Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 135

The Exposition of Nṛsiṁha Worship-Mantras, Nyāsa, Mudrās, Yantras, Kavaca, and Nṛsiṁha Gāyatrī

Devanagari script

ध्यात्वैवं प्रजपेल्लक्षाष्टकं मन्त्री दशांशतः । साज्येन पायसान्नेन जुहुयात्प्राग्वदर्चनम् ॥ १३५ ॥

Transliteration

dhyātvaivaṃ prajapellakṣāṣṭakaṃ mantrī daśāṃśataḥ | sājyena pāyasānnena juhuyātprāgvadarcanam || 135 ||

Translation

Après avoir ainsi médité, le pratiquant du mantra doit le réciter cent huit mille fois ; puis, pour le dixième de ce nombre, offrir des oblations dans le feu avec du ghee et du riz au lait sucré (pāyasa), en accomplissant l’adoration comme il a été enseigné plus haut.

Word by Word

• ध्यात्वा: having meditated
• ध्यात्वा: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Verb
• Root: ध्यै (धातु)
• Form: क्त्वान्त (absolutive/gerund), अव्ययभाव (indeclinable verbal), ‘having meditated’

• एवम्: thus
• एवम्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: एवम् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, प्रकारवाचक (adverb of manner)

• प्रजपेत्: should recite (mutter)
• प्रजपेत्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: जप् (धातु) + प्र (उपसर्ग)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन (singular)

• लक्षाष्टकम्: (a count of) 108,000 (recitations)
• लक्षाष्टकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: लक्ष + अष्टक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन; द्विगुसमास (numerical compound) = ‘one hundred thousand + eight (i.e., 108,000)’

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

• दशांशतः: as a tenth (portion)
• दशांशतः: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: दशांश (प्रातिपदिक) + तस् (तद्धित/अव्यय)
• Form: तसिल्-प्रत्ययान्त अव्यय (ablatival adverb), ‘by/according to a tenth part’

• साज्येन: with ghee
• साज्येन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: साज्य (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; ‘with ghee’

• पायसान्नेन: with payasa-rice (sweet rice)
• पायसान्नेन: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: पायस + अन्न (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (instrumental/3rd), एकवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष (pāyasa-anna = ‘rice/food of payasa’)

• जुहुयात्: should offer (into fire)
• जुहुयात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: हु (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), परस्मैपद, प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन

• प्राक्: as before / previously
• प्राक्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: प्राक् (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, काल/क्रमवाचक (prior/before)

• वत्: like
• वत्: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: वत् (अव्यय/तद्धितार्थ)
• Form: अव्यय, तुल्यतावाचक (like/as)

• अर्चनम्: worship
• अर्चनम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: अर्चन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (accusative/2nd), एकवचन; here as object/associated act ‘worship’

Speaker

Narada

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: bhakti

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

It teaches a complete sādhana sequence—dhyāna (meditation), large-count japa (108,000), and daśāṃśa-homa (one-tenth oblations)—showing that inner focus and outer ritual together mature mantra-siddhi.

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

By prescribing meditation and worship (arcanā) alongside mantra repetition, it frames mantra-practice as an act of sustained reverence—devotion expressed through disciplined remembrance and offering.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Ritual prayoga is emphasized: fixed japa-saṅkhyā (108,000) and the daśāṃśa rule for homa using specified havis (ghee and pāyasa), performed according to the earlier stated procedure.