Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 64

Rādhā-sambaddha-mantra-vyākhyā

Rādhā-Related Mantras Explained

Devanagari script

प्राणो रसा चरयुतो गोत्रव्यसिमतः परम् । गोत्रादाहमरुद्युक्ता त्वंबुन्यासमतो भवेत् ॥ ६४ ॥

Transliteration

prāṇo rasā carayuto gotravyasimataḥ param | gotrādāhamarudyuktā tvaṃbunyāsamato bhavet || 64 ||

Translation

Le prāṇa, avec le rasa et les courants mouvants de la vie, est proclamé suprême, au-delà des limites du gotra (lignée). Du gotra naît la notion de « moi », jointe aux vents (vāyu) ; ainsi s’accomplit la mise en place du « toi » dans les eaux (tvaṃ-bhu-nyāsa).

Word by Word

• prāṇaḥ: prāṇa
• prāṇaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: prāṇa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन

• rasā: rasā
• rasā: Sahakari (सहकारी/सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: rasa (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन (पाठानुसार ‘rasā’)

• cara-yutaḥ: joined with cara
• cara-yutaḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: cara (प्रातिपदिक) + yuta (कृदन्त, √yuj/युज्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (cara-yuta)

• gotra-vyasi-mataḥ: from/after the gotra-vyasi-mata (reading uncertain)
• gotra-vyasi-mataḥ: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक) + vyasi (प्रातिपदिक/अस्पष्ट) + mata (कृदन्त, √man/मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th, ablative), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; ‘vyasi’ पदं पाठदोष/दुर्लभम् (अर्थानिश्चित)

• param: afterwards/next
• param: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: para (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभूत (adverbial) ‘after/next’

• gotrāt: from gotra
• gotrāt: Apadana (अपादान)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gotra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th), एकवचन

• dāha-maruṭ-yuktā: joined with dāha and marut
• dāha-maruṭ-yuktā: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: dāha (प्रातिपदिक) + marut (प्रातिपदिक) + yukta (कृदन्त, √yuj/युज्)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; द्वन्द्व (dāha+marut) + yukta ‘joined with’

• tvam-bu-nyāsa-mataḥ: considered as the placement (nyāsa) of tvam-bu (reading uncertain)
• tvam-bu-nyāsa-mataḥ: Visheshana (विशेषण)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: tvam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक) + ambu (प्रातिपदिक) + nyāsa (प्रातिपदिक) + mata (कृदन्त, √man/मन्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; समासः—तत्पुरुषः; ‘tvam-bu’ पाठानुसार (अर्थानिश्चित)

• bhavet: should become
• bhavet: Kriya (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √bhū (भू)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

Speaker

Narada (in a technical Vedāṅga-style exposition, likely relaying an instructed schema of nyāsa/prāṇa)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities

• Narada

FAQs

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

It frames prāṇa (vital life-force) as a principle that transcends social identity (gotra), while showing how ego-identification (ahaṃ) arises with vāyu-currents and is then ritually re-ordered through nyāsa into elemental supports such as water.

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

Indirectly: by emphasizing inner purification—moving from lineage/ego identity to prāṇa-centered discipline—this supports devotional practice where the body-mind is prepared through nyāsa and regulated prāṇa for steadier remembrance and worship.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

A technical ritual-phonetic/mantric framework (Vedāṅga-style) involving prāṇa and vāyu theory and the procedure of nyāsa (mantra installation) mapped to elemental bases like water (ambu).