Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 96

Devanagari script

सर्वदुष्टदुर्जनांते मुखानि कीलयद्वयम् । धेत्रयं वर्मत्रितयं फट्त्रयं हांत्रयं ततः ॥ ९६ ॥

Transliteration

sarvaduṣṭadurjanāṃte mukhāni kīlayadvayam | dhetrayaṃ varmatritayaṃ phaṭtrayaṃ hāṃtrayaṃ tataḥ || 96 ||

Translation

Sebagai penutup untuk menundukkan semua orang jahat dan durjana, ‘paku’ mulut mereka dengan “kīlaya” dua kali. Lalu ucapkan “dhe” tiga kali, “varma” tiga kali sebagai pelindung, “phaṭ” tiga kali, dan sesudah itu “hāṃ” tiga kali॥96॥

Word by Word

• सर्वदुष्टदुर्जनान्ते: at the end/limit of all wicked people
• सर्वदुष्टदुर्जनान्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सर्व + दुष्ट + दुर्जन + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: बहुपद-तत्पुरुष-समास; पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th), एकवचन

• मुखानि: mouths / faces
• मुखानि: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मुख (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd), बहुवचन

• कीलयद्वयम्: the double ‘kīlaya’ (twofold ‘nail/pin’)
• कीलयद्वयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कीलय (causative stem of कील्/कीलय् धातु ‘to pin/fasten’) + द्वय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया (1st/2nd), एकवचन; ‘two (utterances) of kīlaya/pin’

• धेत्रयम्: the triple ‘dhe’
• धेत्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: धे (अव्यय/बीजाक्षर-प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; mantra-syllable group

• वर्मत्रितयम्: the threefold ‘varma’
• वर्मत्रितयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्म + त्रितय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• फट्त्रयम्: the triple ‘phaṭ’
• फट्त्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: फट् (अव्यय/निपात-बीज) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; mantra-exclamation

• हांत्रयम्: the triple ‘hāṃ’
• हांत्रयम्: Karma (कर्म)
• Type: Noun
• Root: हां (अव्यय/बीजाक्षर-प्रातिपदिक) + त्रय (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: द्विगु-समास; नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन

• ततः: thereafter
• ततः: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय, क्रम/अनन्तरबोधक (adverb)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada on technical mantra-usage)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: raudra

Secondary Rasa: vira

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It presents a protective, restraining (stambhana/kīlaka-type) mantric procedure—framed as a disciplined, technical application—meant to neutralize harmful speech and hostile intent through specific syllabic formulas.

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

Indirectly: it treats mantric protection as a supporting discipline so a practitioner can maintain steadiness in dharma and worship without disturbance from hostile forces; it is auxiliary to devotional life rather than its core teaching.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

The verse reflects technical mantra-prayoga (applied ritual speech): repetition-counts (dvaya/traya), use of kīlaka (locking/anchoring a mantra), and protective ‘varma’ formulas—features associated with disciplined recitation and ritual procedure.