Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 115

Yakṣiṇī-Mantra-Sādhana Nirūpaṇa

Lakṣmī-avatāra-vidyāḥ: Bālā, Annapūrṇā, Bagalā

Devanagari script

किं बहूक्त्या साधकेन मन्त्रः सम्यगुपासितः । शत्रूणां गतिबुद्ध्यादेः स्तंभनो नात्र संशयः ॥ ११५ ॥

Transliteration

kiṃ bahūktyā sādhakena mantraḥ samyagupāsitaḥ | śatrūṇāṃ gatibuddhyādeḥ staṃbhano nātra saṃśayaḥ || 115 ||

Translation

ຈະເວົ້າຫຍັງຫຼາຍອີກ? ເມື່ອຜູ້ປະຕິບັດ (ສາທະກະ) ບູຊາແລະອຸປາສະນາມັນຕຣາຢ່າງຖືກຕ້ອງ ກໍຍ່ອມເຮັດໃຫ້ການເຄື່ອນໄຫວ ປັນຍາ ແລະອື່ນໆຂອງສັດຕູຖືກສະຕັມພະນະ—ບໍ່ມີຂໍ້ສົງໄສ.

Word by Word

• kim: what (use)?
• kim: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: kim (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Interrogative particle used idiomatically (किम् इति अव्ययवत्) in phrase ‘kiṃ ...’ = ‘what (need)...?’

• bahu-uktyā: by much talk / with many words
• bahu-uktyā: Karaṇa (करण)
• Type: Noun
• Root: bahu (प्रातिपदिक) + ukti (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Tatpuruṣa: ‘bahvī uktiḥ’ (much talk); Feminine (स्त्रीलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• sādhakena: by the practitioner
• sādhakena: Karaṇa / Kartṛ-sādhana (करण/कर्तृसाधन)
• Type: Noun
• Root: sādhaka (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Instrumental (3rd/तृतीया), Singular (एकवचन)

• mantraḥ: the mantra
• mantraḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: mantra (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• samyak: properly
• samyak: Kriyāviśeṣaṇa (क्रियाविशेषण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: samyak (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb (क्रियाविशेषण)

• upāsitaḥ: has been duly practised/worshipped
• upāsitaḥ: Kriyā (क्रिया)
• Type: Verb
• Root: upa-ās (धातु) + ta (क्त)
• Form: Kridanta: PPP (क्त), Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन); passive sense ‘has been worshipped/practised’

• śatrūṇām: of enemies
• śatrūṇām: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: śatru (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Plural (बहुवचन)

• gati-buddhi-ādeḥ: of (their) movement, intellect, etc.
• gati-buddhi-ādeḥ: Ṣaṣṭhī-sambandha (षष्ठीसम्बन्ध)
• Type: Noun
• Root: gati (प्रातिपदिक) + buddhi (प्रातिपदिक) + ādi (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Samāhāra-dvandva/itaretara with ādi (आदि-समुच्चय): ‘gati-buddhi-ādi’; Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग) (ādi), Genitive (6th/षष्ठी), Singular (एकवचन)

• staṃbhanaḥ: stoppage/immobilization
• staṃbhanaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: staṃbhana (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

• na: not
• na: Pratiṣedha (प्रतिषेध)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: na (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; negation particle (निषेध) used with ‘atra’ as ‘not (any) ... here’

• atra: here/in this matter
• atra: Adhikaraṇa (अधिकरण)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: atra (अव्यय)
• Form: Avyaya; adverb of place (देशवाचक)

• saṃśayaḥ: doubt
• saṃśayaḥ: Karta (कर्ता)
• Type: Noun
• Root: saṃśaya (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: Masculine (पुंलिङ्ग), Nominative (1st/प्रथमा), Singular (एकवचन)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in instruction to Narada, within the Vedanga/Mantra-vidya context)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: shanta

FAQs

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

It emphasizes that mantra-siddhi comes from correct upāsanā (disciplined worship/practice), and that such mastery is held to yield definite results—here described as stambhana—showing the text’s technical, results-oriented approach to mantra-vidyā.

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

Although it speaks in the idiom of mantra-application, it still rests on upāsanā—steady reverent practice—highlighting that focused devotion and correctness in worship are the basis for efficacy.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects applied mantra-śāstra within the technical sciences stream associated with Book 1.3—stressing proper procedure (samyak-upāsanā) and the concept of specific prayogas (applications) like stambhana.