Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 60

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

Devanagari script

तिलाज्यक्षीरमधुभिर्महिषीगोसमृद्धये । किं बहूक्तैर्विषे व्याधौ शांतौ मोहे च मारणे ॥ ६० ॥

Transliteration

tilājyakṣīramadhubhirmahiṣīgosamṛddhaye | kiṃ bahūktairviṣe vyādhau śāṃtau mohe ca māraṇe || 60 ||

Translation

Avec le sésame, le ghee, le lait et le miel, on accroît la prospérité des bufflonnes et des vaches. À quoi bon en dire davantage ? Ces mêmes usages servent contre le poison, dans la maladie, pour les rites d’apaisement, pour susciter l’égarement, et même pour des rites de destruction.

Word by Word

• तिलाज्यक्षीरमधुभिः: with sesame, ghee, milk, and honey
• तिलाज्यक्षीरमधुभिः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तिल + आज्य + क्षीर + मधु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; समासः—द्वन्द्व (तिलानि च आज्यं च क्षीरं च मधु च)

• महिषीगोसमृद्धये: for the prosperity of buffaloes and cows
• महिषीगोसमृद्धये: Sampradāna (सम्प्रदान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महिषी + गो + समृद्धि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी (4th/सम्प्रदान), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुष (महिषी-गो-समृद्धिः = prosperity of buffaloes and cows)

• किम्: what (need)
• किम्: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/particle)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: किम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: प्रश्न-अव्यय (interrogative particle)

• बहूक्तैः: with many words / by much talk
• बहूक्तैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बहु + उक्त (कृदन्त; √वच् धातु)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया (3rd/करण), बहुवचन; क्त-प्रत्ययान्त ‘उक्त’; समासः—कर्मधारय (बहूनि उक्तानि)

• विषे: in poison (cases)
• विषे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विष (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• व्याधौ: in disease
• व्याधौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: व्याधि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• शान्तौ: in pacification
• शान्तौ: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शान्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• मोहे: in delusion
• मोहे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मोह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: समुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)

• मारणे: in killing/eradication (rite)
• मारणे: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मारण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/अधिकरण), एकवचन

Speaker

Sage Narada (teaching in a technical/ritual context to the Sanatkumara tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

FAQs

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

It highlights how specific sattvic substances—sesame, ghee, milk, and honey—are treated as potent ritual media (dravya) for welfare-oriented outcomes like livestock prosperity, while also being employed in broader remedial and pacificatory applications.

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

Indirectly: it reflects the Purana’s practical framework where ritual remedies support dharmic living; such stability (health, protection, prosperity) is presented as conducive to sustained worship and disciplined spiritual practice.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Mantra-prayoga and karma-kanda procedure: the verse points to prescribed ritual substances (dravya) used in śānti-karma and allied remedial rites, a technical application aligned with Vedic auxiliary disciplines and traditional ritual manuals.