Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 145

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

यस्याः स्मरण मात्रेण सर्वज्ञत्वं प्रजायते । त्रिभिस्तैरुदितैर्मूलवर्णैः कुर्य्यात्षडंगकम् ॥ १४५ ॥

Transliteration

yasyāḥ smaraṇa mātreṇa sarvajñatvaṃ prajāyate | tribhistairuditairmūlavarṇaiḥ kuryyātṣaḍaṃgakam || 145 ||

Translation

Par le seul souvenir d’Elle, l’omniscience surgit. À partir de ces trois syllabes racines proclamées, on doit établir le ṣaḍaṅga, l’auxiliaire en six membres.

Word by Word

• यस्याः: of whom/whose
• यस्याः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, षष्ठी विभक्ति (Genitive), एकवचन

• स्मरण: remembrance
• स्मरण: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: स्मरण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया एकवचन (contextually in compound-like construction with मात्रेण)

• मात्रेण: by mere (act)
• मात्रेण: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मात्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental), एकवचन; ‘मात्रेण’ = ‘by mere/only’ (idiomatic)

• सर्वज्ञत्वम्: omniscience
• सर्वज्ञत्वम्: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्वज्ञत्व (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भाव (सर्वज्ञ + त्व), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा विभक्ति, एकवचन

• प्रजायते: arises / is born
• प्रजायते: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: प्र√जन् (धातु)
• Form: लकारः लट् (Present/लट्), आत्मनेपदम्, पुरुषः प्रथम (3rd), वचनम् एकवचन

• त्रिभिः: with three
• त्रिभिः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: त्रि (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति (Instrumental), बहुवचन; विशेषण

• तैः: with those
• तैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• उदितैः: mentioned / uttered
• उदितैः: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: उदित (प्रातिपदिक; √उद्-इ/√वद्? here ‘spoken/mentioned’ as PPP)
• Form: कृदन्तः क्त-प्रत्ययान्त, पुं/नपुंसकलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन; विशेषण

• मूल-वर्णैः: with the root letters
• मूल-वर्णैः: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मूल + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुषः (मूलाः वर्णाः), पुंलिङ्ग, तृतीया विभक्ति, बहुवचन

• कुर्यात्: should make
• कुर्यात्: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √कृ (धातु)
• Form: लकारः विधिलिङ् (Optative), परस्मैपदम्, पुरुषः प्रथम (3rd), वचनम् एकवचन

• षट्-अङ्गकम्: a six-limbed (formula)
• षट्-अङ्गकम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: षट् + अङ्गक (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: समासः द्विगु (षड् अङ्गानि यस्य), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया विभक्ति (Accusative), एकवचन

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a Vedāṅga/technical context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It teaches that remembrance of a supremely potent sacred principle (mantra/devatā) is itself transformative—so powerful that it is said to generate sarvajñatva—and that this power is to be applied through a disciplined sixfold auxiliary method (ṣaḍaṅga).

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

It emphasizes smaraṇa (remembrance), a core bhakti-practice: constant recollection of the divine/mantra is presented as sufficient to awaken higher knowledge, showing devotion as a direct means to inner illumination.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It points to technical mantra-application: forming a ṣaḍaṅga (sixfold auxiliary/nyāsa framework) from three root syllables—linking sacred sound-discipline (śikṣā) and structured ritual procedure (mantra-prayoga).