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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 3

Hanumān-mantra-kathana: Mantra-bheda, Nyāsa, Yantra, and Prayoga

Devanagari script

स्वफाग्नयो भगेंद्वाढ्यास्तृतीयं बीजमीरितम् । वियद्भृग्वग्निमन्विंदुयुक्तं स्याञ्च चतुर्थकम् ॥ ३ ॥

Transliteration

svaphāgnayo bhageṃdvāḍhyāstṛtīyaṃ bījamīritam | viyadbhṛgvagnimanviṃduyuktaṃ syāñca caturthakam || 3 ||

Translation

「sva」「phā」「agni」に「bhaga」と月の要素（indu）を添えたもの—これが第三のビージャであると宣言される。第四は「viyat」に続いて「bhṛgu」と「agni」を置き、さらにビンドゥ（鼻音点）を結ぶと説かれる。

Word by Word
स्वone's own
स्व:
विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootस्व (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे/नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; possessive adjective/pronoun stem (स्व)
फाthe seed-syllable ‘phā’
फा:
कर्म/उद्देश्य (Object/उद्देश्य)
TypeNoun
Rootफा (प्रातिपदिक; बीजाक्षर-नाम)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन (पाठे बीजाक्षर-सूचने); indeclinable-like seed-syllable used nominally
अग्नयःfires; ‘agni’ letters
अग्नयः:
कर्ता (Subject/कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), बहुवचन (plural)
भगthe syllable ‘bha’
भग:
विशेष्य/अवयव (Member/अवयव)
TypeNoun
Rootभग (प्रातिपदिक; बीजाक्षर-नाम)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; seed-syllable name used nominally
इन्दु‘indu’ (moon-letter)
इन्दु:
विशेष्य/अवयव (Member/अवयव)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; बीजाक्षर-नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘moon’ used as letter-name (indu)
आढ्याःendowed with; accompanied by
आढ्याः:
विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootआढ्य (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; adjective meaning ‘endowed/filled with’
तृतीयम्third
तृतीयम्:
विशेषण (Adjectival qualifier/विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootतृतीय (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ordinal adjective
बीजम्seed (mantric seed-syllable)
बीजम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootबीज (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन
ईरितम्is declared
ईरितम्:
कर्मणि-भाव (Predicative/विधेय)
TypeVerb
Rootईर् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘having been stated/declared’
वियत्‘viyat’ (sky-letter)
वियत्:
अवयव (Member/अवयव)
TypeNoun
Rootवियत् (प्रातिपदिक; आकाश)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; used as letter-name ‘viyat’
भृगु‘bhṛgu’ (letter-name)
भृगु:
अवयव (Member/अवयव)
TypeNoun
Rootभृगु (प्रातिपदिक; बीजाक्षर-नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; used as letter-name ‘bhṛgu’
अग्निम्agni (fire-letter)
अग्निम्:
कर्म (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootअग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, द्वितीया (2nd/द्वितीया), एकवचन
मनु‘manu’ (letter-name)
मनु:
अवयव (Member/अवयव)
TypeNoun
Rootमनु (प्रातिपदिक; बीजाक्षर-नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन; used as letter-name ‘manu’
इन्दु‘indu’
इन्दु:
अवयव (Member/अवयव)
TypeNoun
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक; बीजाक्षर-नाम)
Formपुंलिङ्गे, प्रथमा, एकवचन
युक्तम्combined with
युक्तम्:
विधेय-विशेषण (Predicate adjective/विधेय-विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootयुज् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (past passive participle/क्त), नपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ‘joined/combined’
स्यात्should be
स्यात्:
क्रिया (Predicate verb/क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootअस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन
चand
च:
सम्बन्ध (Connector/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चयबोधक-अव्यय (conjunction)
चतुर्थकम्the fourth (seed)
चतुर्थकम्:
विधेय (Predicate nominative/विधेय)
TypeNoun
Rootचतुर्थक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्गे, प्रथमा/द्वितीया, एकवचन; ordinal used substantively
Speaker

Narada (teaching in a Vedanga/technical context, traditionally within dialogue with Sanatkumara tradition)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

Characters & Entities
A
Agni
B
Bhṛgu

FAQs

It codifies how specific bīja (seed) sounds are assembled—showing that mantra-power is preserved through precise phonetic and structural rules, a key principle of Vedic sacred sound.

Indirectly: it supports bhakti practice by ensuring that devotional japa and ritual recitation are performed with correct bīja formation, so the worship (often Vishnu-centered in the Purana) remains mantra-śuddha (sound-pure).

Śikṣā (phonetics) and mantra-vidhi: the verse references assembling syllabic components and adding bindu (ṃ) and indu (lunar element), reflecting technical rules used in ritual recitation and mantra construction.

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