Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 179

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

Devanagari script

भयं निर्मोचययुगं प्रशमययुगं ततः । ज्ञेयरूपधारणान्ते नृसिंहबृहत्सामतः ॥ १७९ ॥

Transliteration

bhayaṃ nirmocayayugaṃ praśamayayugaṃ tataḥ | jñeyarūpadhāraṇānte nṛsiṃhabṛhatsāmataḥ || 179 ||

Translation

Alors, au moyen du Nṛsiṁha Br̥hat-sāman, on doit accomplir le rite en paire qui délivre de la peur et le rite en paire qui l’apaise. Et, à la fin de l’assomption de la forme contemplée (la forme connaissable), qu’on l’applique comme il convient.

Word by Word

• भयम्: fear
• भयम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• निर्मोचय-युगम्: the ‘release’ pair/duo
• निर्मोचय-युगम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: निर्मोचय (प्रातिपदिक) + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय: ‘निर्मोचय’ (निर्+मुच्, causative sense ‘to release’) as qualifier of ‘युग’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• प्रशमय-युगम्: the ‘pacifying’ pair/duo
• प्रशमय-युगम्: कर्म (Object/कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: प्रशमय (प्रातिपदिक) + युग (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-प्राय: ‘प्रशमय’ (प्र+शम्, causative sense ‘to pacify’) as qualifier of ‘युग’; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: सम्बन्ध (Discourse connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रम/अनन्तर (then/thereafter)

• ज्ञेय-रूप-धारण-अन्ते: at the end of ‘assuming the knowable form’
• ज्ञेय-रूप-धारण-अन्ते: अधिकरण (Location/अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: ज्ञेय (प्रातिपदिक) + रूप (प्रातिपदिक) + धारण (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सप्तमी (Locative/अधिकरण), एकवचन; बहु-तत्पुरुष: ‘ज्ञेयरूप’ (ज्ञेयस्य रूपम्) + ‘धारण’ (धारणम्) + ‘अन्त’ (…स्य अन्ते)

• नृसिंह-बृहत्सामतः: from the Nṛsiṃha Bṛhatsāman (chant)
• नृसिंह-बृहत्सामतः: अपादान (Source/Ablative/अपादान)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: नृसिंह (प्रातिपदिक) + बृहत्सामन् (प्रातिपदिक) + तः (अव्यय-प्रत्यय)
• Form: पञ्चमी-अर्थे तसिल् ‘-तः’; ‘नृसिंहबृहत्सामन्’ = तत्पुरुष (नृसिंहस्य बृहत्साम)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Narasimha
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It presents a Sāma-vedic, Nṛsiṁha-centered application where fear is first released and then pacified, implying a disciplined, stepwise ritual-psychological purification culminating in steady meditative form (dharana).

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

By invoking Nṛsiṁha (a protective form of Viṣṇu) through sacred chant, the verse frames devotion as an applied practice: remembrance and sonic worship that stabilizes the mind and removes भय (fear), a key obstacle to steady bhakti.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights technical mantra-application tied to Sāma Veda (sāman) usage—how a specific chant (Br̥hat-sāman) is employed at a defined ritual/meditative endpoint (dhāraṇānte) for a precise effect (fear-removal and pacification).