Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 99

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

Devanagari script

महाभये महोत्पाते स्मृतोऽयं दुःखनाशनः । द्वादशार्णस्य षट्कूटं त्यक्त्वा बीजं तथादिमम् ॥ ९९ ॥

Transliteration

mahābhaye mahotpāte smṛto'yaṃ duḥkhanāśanaḥ | dvādaśārṇasya ṣaṭkūṭaṃ tyaktvā bījaṃ tathādimam || 99 ||

Translation

Dans la grande peur et lors de grands présages funestes, le souvenir de ce mantra détruit la souffrance. Il faut laisser de côté la division en six sections (ṣaṭkūṭa) de la formule à douze syllabes, ainsi que la syllabe-graine primordiale.

Word by Word

• महाभये: in great fear
• महाभये: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महाभय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारयः: महत् भयम् (great fear)

• महोत्पाते: in great calamity
• महोत्पाते: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महोत्पात (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative/7th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—कर्मधारयः: महान् उत्पातः (great calamity/portent)

• स्मृतः: remembered/recited
• स्मृतः: Predicate adjective (विधेय-विशेषण) of ‘अयम्’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: स्मृ (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त-प्रत्यय)
• Form: भूतकृदन्त (past passive participle, क्त), पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); अर्थः—‘remembered/recited’

• अयम्: this
• अयम्: Karta (कर्ता) / subject-deictic
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); सर्वनाम (pronoun)

• दुःखनाशनः: destroyer of sorrow
• दुःखनाशनः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of implied ‘मन्त्रः/अयम्’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: दुःख + नाशन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग (Masculine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—तत्पुरुषः: दुःखस्य नाशनः (destroyer of sorrow)

• द्वादशार्णस्य: of the twelve-syllabled (mantra)
• द्वादशार्णस्य: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठी-सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: द्वादश + अर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), षष्ठी-विभक्ति (Genitive/6th), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—द्विगुः: द्वादश अर्णानि यस्य (of the twelve-syllabled [mantra])

• षट्कूटम्: the sixfold section (ṣaṭkūṭa)
• षट्कूटम्: Karma (कर्म) of ‘त्यक्त्वा’
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + कूट (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); समासः—द्विगुः: षट् कूटानि (six sections/peaks)

• त्यक्त्वा: having omitted
• त्यक्त्वा: Kriyā (क्रिया) — prior action (पूर्वक्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: त्यज् (धातु) + त्वा (क्त्वा-प्रत्यय)
• Form: अव्ययकृदन्त (gerund/absolutive, क्त्वा), अर्थः—‘having abandoned/omitting’

• बीजम्: seed-syllable
• बीजम्: Karma (कर्म) (object of implied action: ‘take/utter’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बीज (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular)

• तथा: thus/also
• तथा: Sambandha/Modifier (सम्बन्ध/उपपद)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: तथा (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय (indeclinable), प्रकार/समुच्चयार्थ (adverb/conjunctive: ‘thus/also’)

• आदिमम्: the initial (one)
• आदिमम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of ‘बीजम्’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (Neuter), द्वितीया-विभक्ति (Accusative/2nd), एकवचन (Singular); ‘आदिम’ = first/initial

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on mantra-vidhi within the Vedanga/ritual-technical context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhayanaka

Characters & Entities

• Narada

FAQs

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

It teaches that in extreme danger and ominous times, simplified remembrance/recitation of a sacred formula is itself a potent remedy, emphasizing compassion in ritual law and the immediate efficacy of mantra-smaraṇa for removing distress.

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

By stressing “smaraṇa” (remembrance) as duḥkha-nāśana, it aligns with bhakti’s core practice: turning the mind to the Lord/mantra in crisis, even without elaborate components, making devotion accessible in emergencies.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects mantra-śāstra/ritual procedure: adjusting a mantra’s structure (dropping bīja and technical segmentation like ṣaṭkūṭa) under āpaddharma—an applied rule-set within the technical sciences discussed in Book 1.3.