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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 21

Devanagari script

प्राग्वद्विन्यस्य सर्वाङ्गे तत्त्वन्यासोऽयमीरितः । मकाराद्या आद्यवर्णाः सर्वे स्युश्चंद्रभूषिताः ॥ २१ ॥

Transliteration

prāgvadvinyasya sarvāṅge tattvanyāso'yamīritaḥ | makārādyā ādyavarṇāḥ sarve syuścaṃdrabhūṣitāḥ || 21 ||

Translation

前と同様に全身に配して、これをタットヴァ・ニヤーサ（諸原理の安置）と宣言する。「マ」から始まる初めの諸字はすべて、チャンドラ（月輪）によって荘厳すべきである。

Word by Word
प्राक्-वत्as before, in the earlier manner
प्राक्-वत्:
Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootप्राक् (अव्यय) + वत् (तद्धित-प्रत्यय, अव्ययार्थ)
Formअव्यय (Avyaya), उपमान/रीति-अर्थे ‘वत्’ (like/as before)
विन्यस्यhaving placed/arranged
विन्यस्य:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Rootवि-√न्यस् (धातु)
Formक्त्वान्त (Gerund/Absolutive), परस्मैपदी; ‘having placed/arranged’
सर्व-अङ्गेon the whole body / in all limbs
सर्व-अङ्गे:
Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अङ्ग (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी (7th/सप्तमी), एकवचन; अधिकरण (locative)
तत्त्व-न्यासःthe placing (nyāsa) of the principles (tattvas)
तत्त्व-न्यासः:
Karta (कर्ता) / Viṣaya-nirdeśa (विषयनिर्देश)
TypeNoun
Rootतत्त्व (प्रातिपदिक) + न्यास (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्तृ/विषय-निर्देश
अयम्this
अयम्:
Karta (कर्ता) (as demonstrative for subject)
TypeNoun
Rootइदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st), एकवचन; सर्वनाम
ईरितःis declared/has been stated
ईरितः:
Kriyā (क्रिया) (predicative)
TypeVerb
Root√ईर्/ईरय् (धातु)
Formकृदन्त-क्त (Past Passive Participle), पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, एकवचन; ‘said/declared’
मकार-आद्याःbeginning with ‘ma’
मकार-आद्याः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootमकार (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘beginning with ma’
आद्य-वर्णाःthe initial letters
आद्य-वर्णाः:
Karta (कर्ता)
TypeNoun
Rootआद्य (प्रातिपदिक) + वर्ण (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; मुख्यपद ‘वर्ण’
सर्वेall
सर्वे:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootसर्व (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण
स्युःshould be / may be
स्युः:
Kriyā (क्रिया)
TypeVerb
Root√अस् (धातु)
Formविधिलिङ् (Optative), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), बहुवचन; ‘may be/should be’
चन्द्र-भूषिताःadorned with the moon
चन्द्र-भूषिताः:
Viśeṣaṇa (विशेषण)
TypeAdjective
Rootचन्द्र (प्रातिपदिक) + भूषित (कृदन्त-क्त, प्रातिपदिकवत्)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा, बहुवचन; विशेषण—‘adorned with the moon’
Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

Characters & Entities
N
Narada
S
Sanatkumara

FAQs

It defines tattva-nyāsa as a disciplined inner consecration: the practitioner ritually “installs” cosmic principles onto the body, treating the body as a sacred support for mantra and contemplation.

By prescribing nyāsa, it turns the devotee’s body and speech into instruments of worship; such embodied mantra-practice supports focused remembrance and reverence, strengthening devotional absorption.

It reflects technical mantra-phonetics and ritual application—how specific varṇas (letters) are placed and marked (here with “candra”), aligning recitation and visualization with a precise procedure.

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