Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 65

The Description of the Four Durgā Mantras

Devanagari script

रतिप्रिया मदानन्दा नवमी स्यान्मनोन्मनी । वरदाभयधारिण्यः संप्रोक्ता नव शक्तयः ॥ ६५ ॥

Transliteration

ratipriyā madānandā navamī syānmanonmanī | varadābhayadhāriṇyaḥ saṃproktā nava śaktayaḥ || 65 ||

Translation

Ratipriyā et Madānandā sont mentionnées ; la neuvième est dite Manonmanī. Ainsi sont proclamées neuf Śaktis, portant les mudrā d’octroi des dons et d’abhaya, l’intrépidité.

Word by Word

• रति-प्रिया: Ratipriyā
• रति-प्रिया: कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: रति + प्रिया (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः षष्ठी-तत्पुरुष: ‘रतेः प्रिया’ (dear to Rati / fond of pleasure)

• मद-आनन्दा: Madānandā
• मद-आनन्दा: कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मद + आनन्दा (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तत्पुरुष: ‘मदेन आनन्दा’ (bliss of intoxication/rapture)

• नवमी: the ninth (one)
• नवमी: कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: नवमी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); क्रमवाचक (ordinal)

• स्यात्: would be / is said to be
• स्यात्: विधेय (Predicate/क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: अस् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन (Singular), परस्मैपद

• मनः-उन्मनी: Manonmanī
• मनः-उन्मनी: कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मनस् + उन्मनी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), एकवचन (Singular); समासः तत्पुरुष: ‘मनसः उन्मनी’ (mind-transcending state/personified power)

• वरद-अभय-धारिण्यः: bearing (the signs of) boon-giving and fearlessness
• वरद-अभय-धारिण्यः: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: वरद + अभय + धारिणी (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); विशेषण to ‘शक्तयः’; समासः द्वन्द्व (co-ordinative): ‘वरदं च अभयं च धारयन्त्यः’ (bearing boon-giving and fearlessness gestures)

• संप्रोक्ताः: have been declared
• संप्रोक्ताः: विधेयविशेषण (Predicate adjective)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सम्-प्र-वच् (धातु)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त (past passive participle), स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural); ‘declared/taught’

• नव: nine
• नव: विशेषण (Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: नवन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: संख्यावाचक (numeral), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचनार्थे (agreeing with plural ‘शक्तयः’)

• शक्तयः: powers (Śaktis)
• शक्तयः: कर्ता/विषय (Topic/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: शक्ति (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग (Feminine), प्रथमा-विभक्ति (Nominative/1st), बहुवचन (Plural)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in an enumerative/technical passage)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Ratipriya
• Madananda
• Manonmani
• Shakti

FAQs

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

It completes/continues a formal enumeration of nine Śaktis, emphasizing their auspicious role as bestowers of boons (varada) and protection/fearlessness (abhaya), i.e., divine energies invoked for spiritual and ritual welfare.

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

By naming Śaktis and describing them as grantors of grace and fearlessness, the verse supports a bhakti-oriented practice of reverent invocation (nāma-smaraṇa/mantra) where devotion seeks divine protection and spiritual uplift, symbolized by Manonmanī (mind-transcending power).

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The passage reflects a technical, list-based (anukrama/saṃkhyā) style used in ritual and mantra contexts—useful for correct identification and recitation of deity-names (a practical aid aligned with mantra/ritual precision rather than grammar or astrology specifically).