Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 172

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

Devanagari script

शीघ्रं कारागृहान्मुक्तः सुखी भवति निश्चितम् । यंत्रं चास्य प्रवक्ष्यामि बन्धमोक्षकरं शुभम् ॥ १७२ ॥

Transliteration

śīghraṃ kārāgṛhānmuktaḥ sukhī bhavati niścitam | yaṃtraṃ cāsya pravakṣyāmi bandhamokṣakaraṃ śubham || 172 ||

Translation

അവൻ വേഗത്തിൽ കാരാഗൃഹത്തിൽ നിന്ന് മോചിതനായി നിശ്ചയമായും സുഖവാനാകും. ഇനി ബന്ധമോക്ഷം വരുത്തുന്ന അവന്റെ ശുഭ യന്ത്രം ഞാൻ പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• शीघ्रम्: quickly
• शीघ्रम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: शीघ्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्यय; क्रियाविशेषण (adverb)

• कारा-गृहात्: from the prison
• कारा-गृहात्: Apadana (अपादान/Ablative-source)
• Type: Noun
• Root: कारा (प्रातिपदिक) + गृह (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, पञ्चमी (5th/Ablative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुषः (कारायाः गृहं)

• मुक्तः: freed, released
• मुक्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: √मुच् (धातु) + क्त (कृदन्त)
• Form: क्त-प्रत्ययान्त भूतकृदन्त; पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण (अन्तर्निहितः नरः)

• सुखी: happy
• सुखी: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: सुखिन् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/Nominative), एकवचन; विशेषण

• भवति: becomes
• भवति: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √भू (धातु)
• Form: लट् (Present), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• निश्चितम्: certainly
• निश्चितम्: Kriya-visheshana (क्रियाविशेषण/Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: निश्चित (प्रातिपदिक; √चि + नि + क्त)
• Form: अव्ययवत् प्रयोगः; निश्चयार्थक क्रियाविशेषण (certainly)

• यन्त्रम्: a yantra (mystic diagram)
• यन्त्रम्: Karma (कर्म/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यन्त्र (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन

• च: and
• च: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चय-बोधक (conjunction)

• अस्य: of this/of him
• अस्य: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/Genitive)
• Type: Noun
• Root: इदम् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुं/नपुंसक, षष्ठी (6th/Genitive), एकवचन; सर्वनाम

• प्रवक्ष्यामि: I shall explain
• प्रवक्ष्यामि: Kriya (क्रिया/Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: √वच् (धातु) + प्र
• Form: लृट् (Simple Future), उत्तमपुरुष (1st person), एकवचन; परस्मैपद

• बन्ध-मोक्ष-करम्: causing bondage and liberation / effecting release from bondage
• बन्ध-मोक्ष-करम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: बन्ध (प्रातिपदिक) + मोक्ष (प्रातिपदिक) + कर (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; बहुपद-तत्पुरुषः (बन्धमोक्षयोः करम् = producing bondage and liberation / effecting release from bondage)

• शुभम्: auspicious
• शुभम्: Visheshana (विशेषण/Qualifier)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: शुभ (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग, द्वितीया (2nd/Accusative), एकवचन; विशेषण (यन्त्रम्)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (teaching Narada in a technical/ritual instruction sequence)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: vira

Secondary Rasa: bhakti

FAQs

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

It frames liberation (mokṣa) in a practical register: bondage is not only metaphysical but can be experienced as captivity and constraint, and an auspicious, dharmic remedy (yantra) is taught as a means toward release and well-being.

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

While the verse is technical, it aligns with bhakti-oriented Purāṇic practice by presenting a sacred aid (yantra) as a supportive upāya—meant to be used with faith, purity, and reliance on divine order—so that suffering and restraint are removed and one can return to a righteous, God-centered life.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It points to applied ritual-technical knowledge—yantra-prayoga (use of sacred diagrams/inscriptions) within the broader Vedāṅga-style concern for correct procedure, auspiciousness (śubha), and results-oriented dharmic remedies.