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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 66

The Account of Kārtavīrya’s Protective Kavaca

Kārtavīrya-kavaca-vṛttānta

महालोहितभोक्तारो वेताला ये च गुह्यकाः । गंधर्वाप्सरसः सिद्धा ये च देवादियोनयः ॥ ६६ ॥

mahālohitabhoktāro vetālā ye ca guhyakāḥ | gaṃdharvāpsarasaḥ siddhā ye ca devādiyonayaḥ || 66 ||

អ្នកដែលស៊ីឈាមដ៏ធំ (មហាលោហិត) ព្រមទាំងវេតាលា និងគុហ្យកៈដែលលាក់លៀម; គន្ធರ್ವ និងអប្សរា; សិទ្ធៈ; ហើយក៏មានអ្នកដែលកំណើតជាពួកទេវ និងពូជកំណើតលើសមនុស្សផ្សេងៗទៀត—ទាំងអស់នេះក៏រួមបញ្ចូល។

महा-लोहित-भोक्तारःeaters/consumers of great blood
महा-लोहित-भोक्तारः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootमहा (प्रातिपदिक) + लोहित (प्रातिपदिक) + भोक्तृ (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; समासः—(महा-लोहित) कर्मधारय/तत्पुरुष-भावः + भोक्तृ-शब्देन षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः (महालोहितस्य भोक्तारः)
वेतालाःvetālas (ghoulish spirits)
वेतालाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootवेताल (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
येwho/which (those who)
ये:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम (relative pronoun)
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
गुह्यकाःguhyakas (yakṣa-attendants)
गुह्यकाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootगुह्यक (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
गन्धर्व-अप्सरसःgandharvas and apsarases
गन्धर्व-अप्सरसः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootगन्धर्व (प्रातिपदिक) + अप्सरस् (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; द्वन्द्व-समासः (समाहार/इतरेतर)
सिद्धाःsiddhas (perfected beings)
सिद्धाः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootसिद्ध (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन
येwho/which (those who)
ये:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootयद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; सम्बन्धसूचक-सर्वनाम
and
:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootच (अव्यय)
Formसमुच्चय-अव्यय (conjunction)
देव-आदि-योनयःorigins/wombs of gods and others
देव-आदि-योनयः:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootदेव (प्रातिपदिक) + आदि (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययवत्) + योनि (प्रातिपदिक)
Formस्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), बहुवचन; षष्ठी-तत्पुरुषः—देव-आदीनां योनयः (origins/wombs of gods etc.)

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: bhayanaka

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

V
Vetala
G
Guhyaka
G
Gandharva
A
Apsaras
S
Siddha

FAQs

It widens the puranic scope of creation by explicitly naming many non-human and semi-divine classes of beings, implying that dharma and cosmic order encompass all yonis—not only humans and devas.

By listing diverse beings (from fearsome to celestial), the verse supports the puranic idea that the Lord’s governance and grace extend to all realms; bhakti is not restricted by birth-category (yoni) in the cosmic hierarchy.

The verse reflects technical puranic taxonomy used alongside śāstric disciplines (especially nirukta/semantic classification and jyotiṣa-style cosmological mapping) to categorize beings and realms for ritual, narrative, and doctrinal clarity.