Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 14

The Recitation of the Thousand Names of Rādhā and Kṛṣṇa (Yugala-Sahasranāma) and Śaraṇāgati-Dharma

Devanagari script

नास्य सिद्धादिकं विप्र शोधनं न्यासकल्पनम् । केवलं चिंतनं सद्यो नित्यलीलाप्रकाशकम् ॥ १४ ॥

Transliteration

nāsya siddhādikaṃ vipra śodhanaṃ nyāsakalpanam | kevalaṃ ciṃtanaṃ sadyo nityalīlāprakāśakam || 14 ||

Translation

Ô brāhmane, pour cette pratique il n’est besoin ni de préliminaires de type siddhi, ni de rites de purification, ni d’une mise en place imaginée du nyāsa. La seule contemplation révèle aussitôt la nitya-līlā du Seigneur.

Word by Word

• न: not
• न: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: न (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; निषेध-निपात (negation particle)

• अस्य: of this (mantra)
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: सर्वनाम, षष्ठी विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सिद्ध-आदिकम्: (any) siddhi etc. (preliminaries)
• सिद्ध-आदिकम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (सिद्धं च आदिकं च = siddhi etc., i.e., preliminary rites)

• विप्र: O brāhmaṇa
• विप्र: Sambodhana (सम्बोधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: विप्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सम्बोधन (Vocative/सम्बोधन), एकवचन

• शोधनम्: purification
• शोधनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शोधन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• न्यास-कल्पनम्: performance/arrangement of nyāsa
• न्यास-कल्पनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: न्यास (प्रातिपदिक) + कल्पन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (न्यासस्य कल्पनम् = arrangement/performance of nyāsa)

• केवलम्: only; mere
• केवलम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: केवल (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; विशेषण (qualifying the following noun)

• चिन्तनम्: meditation; contemplation
• चिन्तनम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चिन्तन (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन

• सद्यः: immediately
• सद्यः: Kriyā-viśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: सद्यः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• नित्य-लीला-प्रकाशकम्: revealing the eternal līlā
• नित्य-लीला-प्रकाशकम्: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नित्य (प्रातिपदिक) + लीला (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रकाशक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः (नित्यलीलायाः प्रकाशकः = revealer of the eternal līlā)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara
• Vishnu

FAQs

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

It elevates pure remembrance (cintana/smaraṇa) as a direct means: without elaborate preliminaries, it can immediately disclose the Lord’s eternal reality and līlā.

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

Bhakti is presented as inward, continuous contemplation of Vishnu that does not depend on external ritual constructions; the heart’s focused remembrance itself becomes the revelatory practice.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It implicitly contrasts ritual-technical procedures (like nyāsa used in mantra practice) with a simplified upāsanā: the practical takeaway is that some Narada Purana teachings prioritize direct meditative application over elaborate ritual formalism.