Narada Purana — Purva Bhaga, Shloka 51

Mantra-Māhātmya and Sādhana of Kārtavīryārjuna

Nyāsa, Yantra, Homa, and Dīpa-Vrata

Devanagari script

जन्यचूडा मणांते ये महाशक्तिमते ततः । सहस्रदहनप्रांते वर्मास्त्रांतो महामनुः ॥ ५१ ॥

Transliteration

janyacūḍā maṇāṃte ye mahāśaktimate tataḥ | sahasradahanaprāṃte varmāstrāṃto mahāmanuḥ || 51 ||

Translation

അനന്തരം മഹാശക്തിമാനായ അവനുവേണ്ടി ‘ജന്യചൂഡാ’ മുതൽ ആരംഭിച്ച് ‘മണാന്ത’ വരെ ഉള്ള പ്രയോഗങ്ങൾ ഉണ്ട്. കൂടാതെ ‘സഹസ്രദഹന’ വിഭാഗത്തിന്റെ അവസാനം സമീപം ‘വർമാസ്ത്ര’ത്തിൽ അവസാനിക്കുന്ന മഹാമന്ത്രം പ്രസ്താവിക്കുന്നു।

Word by Word

• जन्य-चूडा: Janya-cūḍā (name/epithet)
• जन्य-चूडा: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: जन्य (प्रातिपदिक) + चूडा/चूड (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: स्त्रीलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन/बहुवचन (पाठानुसार); कर्मधारय (name/epithet)

• मण-अन्ते: at the end (marked) by a jewel
• मण-अन्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: मणि (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति (Locative), एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (at the end of the jewel)

• ये: who/which (those who)
• ये: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, बहुवचन (Relative pronoun)

• महाशक्तिमते: to the greatly powerful one
• महाशक्तिमते: Sampradana (सम्प्रदान/Recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: महाशक्तिमत् (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, चतुर्थी-विभक्ति (Dative), एकवचन; बहुव्रीहि (one possessing great power)

• ततः: then; thereafter
• ततः: Sambandha (सम्बन्ध/adverbial)
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: ततः (अव्यय)
• Form: अव्यय; अव्यय-प्रयोग (then/from there)

• सहस्र-दहन-प्रान्ते: at the far end of the thousand-burnings
• सहस्र-दहन-प्रान्ते: Adhikarana (अधिकरण/Location)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सहस्र (संख्या-प्रातिपदिक) + दहन (प्रातिपदिक) + प्रान्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (at the boundary/end of ‘thousand-burnings’)

• वर्मास्त्र-अन्तः: the end/culmination of the Varmāstra
• वर्मास्त्र-अन्तः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: वर्मास्त्र (प्रातिपदिक) + अन्त (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; तत्पुरुष (the end/limit of Varmāstra)

• महामनुः: the great Manu
• महामनुः: Karta (कर्ता/Subject)
• Type: Noun
• Root: महामनु (प्रातिपदिक)
• Form: पुंलिङ्ग, प्रथमा-विभक्ति, एकवचन; कर्मधारय (great Manu)

Speaker

Sanatkumara (in dialogue with Narada)

Vrata Kalpa

Vrata: none

Verse Rasa

Primary Rasa: adbhuta

Secondary Rasa: shanta

Characters & Entities

• Narada
• Sanatkumara

FAQs

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

It preserves a traditional archival method: mantras are authenticated and transmitted by their opening and closing markers, ensuring correct recitation and lineage-accuracy in ritual practice.

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

Bhakti here is supported by disciplined practice—devotional worship becomes effective when mantra-recitation is precise, properly identified, and performed according to the transmitted order.

What practical Vedic knowledge (Vedanga) is highlighted here?

It reflects technical cataloging used in ritual and recitation—akin to Vedanga-style precision—where mantra sections are referenced by incipits/endings for correct deployment in rites involving protective ‘varma’ and ‘astra’ formulae.