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Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 105

Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa

Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā

मनुना मन्त्रयेल्लक्षं लिंपेत्तेनाखिलां तनुम् । अदृश्यः स्यान्नृणामेष आश्चर्य्यं दृश्यतामिदम् ॥ १०५ ॥

manunā mantrayellakṣaṃ liṃpettenākhilāṃ tanum | adṛśyaḥ syānnṛṇāmeṣa āścaryyaṃ dṛśyatāmidam || 105 ||

ដោយមនុសក្ការ សូត្រមន្ត្រឲ្យឡាក់បានអំណាចមួយសែនដង ហើយលាបវាលើរាងកាយទាំងមូល; ដូច្នេះមនុស្សនេះនឹងមើលមិនឃើញចំពោះមនុស្សទាំងឡាយ—ចូរមើលអ чуд្យផលនេះ។

manunāwith (the) Manu (mantra)
manunā:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Rootmanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
mantrayetshould recite
mantrayet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√mantr (मन्त्र् धातु)
FormOptative/vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
lakṣamone lakh (times)
lakṣam:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Rootlakṣa (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
liṃpetshould smear/anoint
liṃpet:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√lip (लिप् धातु)
FormOptative/vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
tenawith that (paste)
tena:
Karaṇa (करण/Instrument)
TypeNoun
Roottad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम); Masculine/Neuter, Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)
akhilāmentire
akhilām:
Karma (कर्म/Object qualifier)
TypeAdjective
Rootakhila (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
tanumbody
tanum:
Karma (कर्म/Object)
TypeNoun
Roottanu (प्रातिपदिक)
FormFeminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Accusative (2nd/द्वितीया), Singular (एकवचन)
adṛśyaḥinvisible
adṛśyaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject complement)
TypeAdjective
Rootadṛśya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
syātwould become
syāt:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√as (अस् धातु)
FormOptative/vidhiliṅ (विधिलिङ्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Parasmaipada (परस्मैपद)
nṛṇāmof men/people
nṛṇām:
Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive relation)
TypeNoun
Rootnṛ (प्रातिपदिक)
FormMasculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)
eṣaḥthis (person)
eṣaḥ:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
TypeNoun
Rootetad (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम); Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
āścaryyama wonder
āścaryyam:
Karta (कर्ता/Subject; impersonal)
TypeNoun
Rootāścarya (प्रातिपदिक)
FormNeuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)
dṛśyatāmlet it be seen
dṛśyatām:
Kriyā (क्रिया/Action)
TypeVerb
Root√dṛś (दृश् धातु)
FormImperative (लोट्), 3rd person (प्रथमपुरुष), Singular (एकवचन); Ātmanepada (आत्मनेपद); Passive sense (कर्मणि प्रयोग)
idamthis
idam:
Karma (कर्म/Object; of dṛśyatām)
TypeNoun
Rootidam (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
FormPronoun (सर्वनाम); Neuter (नपुंसकलिङ्ग), Nominative/Accusative (1st/2nd), Singular (एकवचन)

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within Vedanga/ritual-technical discourse)

Vrata: none

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

N
Narada
S
Sanatkumara

FAQs

It illustrates the Purana’s technical view that mantra, when properly applied, can transform a material substance and produce extraordinary results—highlighting mantra-śakti and disciplined ritual procedure.

Indirectly: it emphasizes faith and precision in sacred utterance. While not a bhakti-verse itself, it reflects the broader Narada Purana theme that sacred sound (mantra) is potent when approached with reverence and correct practice.

Mantra-prayoga (applied ritual technique): consecrating a substance through recitation and using it in a prescribed bodily application—an example of procedural, practice-oriented knowledge associated with Vedic ritual science.