Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 80

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

Devanagari script

विशल्योषधिशब्दांते समानयन संपठेत् । बालोदित ततो भानुमंडलग्रसनेति च ॥ ८० ॥

Transliteration

viśalyoṣadhiśabdāṃte samānayana saṃpaṭhet | bālodita tato bhānumaṃḍalagrasaneti ca || 80 ||

Translation

‘വിശല്യാ’ ‘ഔഷധി’ എന്നീ പദങ്ങൾ ചേർത്ത് ‘സമാനയന’ എന്നാരംഭിക്കുന്ന മന്ത്രം ജപിക്കണം. പിന്നെ സൂര്യോദയസമയത്ത് ‘ഭാനുമണ്ഡലഗ്രസന’ എന്ന മന്ത്രവും ജപിക്കണം.

Word by Word

• विशल्य-ओषधि-शब्द-अन्ते: at the end of the words ‘Viśalya’ and ‘Oṣadhi’
• विशल्य-ओषधि-शब्द-अन्ते: अधिकरण (Adhikaraṇa/Locative)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: विशल्य (प्रातिपदिक) + ओषधि (प्रातिपदिक) + शब्द (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: अव्ययीभाव-समास; अव्यय-प्रयोगः (locative sense: ‘at the end of/after’)

• सम-आनयन: bring (together)
• सम-आनयन: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-आ-नी (धातु)
• Form: लोट् (Imperative/लोट्), मध्यमपुरुष (2nd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; आज्ञार्थः

• संपठेत्: should recite
• संपठेत्: क्रिया (Verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: सम्-पठ् (धातु)
• Form: विधिलिङ् (Optative/विधिलिङ्), प्रथमपुरुष (3rd), एकवचन; परस्मैपद; ‘should recite’

• बाल-उदित: (when) newly arisen / at dawn
• बाल-उदित: अधिकरण/काल (Temporal marker)
• Type: Noun
• Root: बाल (प्रातिपदिक) + उदित (कृदन्त, √उद्)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा (1st/प्रथमा), एकवचन; कर्मधारय-समास (‘बालः उदितः’/‘newly risen’)

• ततः: then/thereafter
• ततः: सम्बन्ध (Adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोगः (adverb) ‘then/thereafter’

• भानु-मण्डल-ग्रसन-इति: ‘the swallowing of the sun’s orb’ (as the quoted phrase)
• भानु-मण्डल-ग्रसन-इति: कर्म (Karma/Object)
• Type: Noun
• Root: भानु (प्रातिपदिक) + मण्डल (प्रातिपदिक) + ग्रसन (प्रातिपदिक) + इति (अव्यय)
• Form: नपुंसकलिङ्ग (समासान्त-शब्दः ‘ग्रसन’/‘ग्रसनम्’ implied), उद्धरण-समाप्त्यर्थे ‘इति’; समासः षष्ठी/तत्पुरुष (‘भानोः मण्डलस्य ग्रसनम्’)

• च: and
• च: सम्बन्ध (Connector)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; समुच्चयबोधक-निपात (conjunction)

Speaker

Narada (teaching a technical prayoga within the Vedanga-oriented section)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: shanta

Secondary Rasa: adbhuta

FAQs

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

It teaches a precise mantra-prayoga: correct wording and correct timing (sunrise) are treated as spiritually efficacious, aligning speech (mantra) with cosmic order (the sun’s rising).

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

Though technical, it reflects bhakti through disciplined sacred recitation—performing prescribed japa with faith and accuracy as a supportive limb (aṅga) of devotional practice.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It highlights mantra-prayoga with attention to phonetic/wording precision (Śikṣā/Vyākaraṇa sensitivity) and auspicious timing tied to the sun (Jyotiṣa-style timing at sunrise).