Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 198

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

हृदंबुवनयुक्तं खं नित्या स्यात्सर्वमंगला ॥ १९८ ॥

Transliteration

hṛdaṃbuvanayuktaṃ khaṃ nityā syātsarvamaṃgalā || 198 ||

Translation

Que la syllabe « kha », jointe à « hṛt » (le cœur), « ambu » (l’eau) et « vana » (la forêt), devienne à jamais la source de tout bon augure.

Word by Word

• hṛda-ambu-vana-yuktam: connected with lake-water-forest (i.e., endowed with these)
• hṛda-ambu-vana-yuktam: Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण) of ‘kham’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: hṛda (प्रातिपदिक) + ambu (प्रातिपदिक) + vana (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त)
• Form: Multi-member Tatpuruṣa (तत्पुरुष) compound; yukta = past passive participle (क्त-कृदन्त) from √yuj (युज् धातु) ‘to join’; Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन) agreeing with ‘kham’

• kham: the sky/space
• kham: Karma (कर्म) (of implied ‘dhyāyet/kalpayet’ etc.)
• Type: Noun
• Root: kha (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (द्वितीया/2), Singular (एकवचन)

• nityā: Nityā
• nityā: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: nityā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

• syāt: may be/is to be
• syāt: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: as (धातु)
• Form: Optative/vidhi-liṅ (विधिलिङ्), Prathama-puruṣa (प्रथमपुरुष/3rd person), Singular (एकवचन)

• sarva-maṃgalā: all-auspicious
• sarva-maṃgalā: Predicative complement (विशेष्य-विशेषणभाव) of ‘nityā’
• Type: Adjective
• Root: sarva (प्रातिपदिक) + maṃgalā (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Karmadhāraya (कर्मधारय) compound; Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Nominative (प्रथमा/1), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within Vedanga/technical exposition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

It presents a technical mantra-style instruction: combining specific meaningful terms with a seed-syllable (“kha”) is said to generate “sarva-maṅgala”—a perpetual auspicious influence—showing how sound and meaning are yoked in sacred practice.

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

Though framed as a technical formula, it supports bhakti by prescribing a sanctifying utterance meant to keep the practitioner in an auspicious, purified state—an aid to steady remembrance and worship.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

Shiksha and Vyakarana are implicit: correct phonetic articulation of the syllable and proper formation/combination (yoga) of words are treated as spiritually efficacious in ritual and japa contexts.